diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index 2a9f44a..4bab139 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
 static void link_set_supervision_props(struct link *l_ptr, u32 tolerance);
 static int  link_send_sections_long(struct tipc_port *sender,
 				    struct iovec const *msg_sect,
-				    u32 num_sect, u32 destnode);
+				    u32 num_sect, unsigned int total_len,
+				    u32 destnode);
 static void link_check_defragm_bufs(struct link *l_ptr);
 static void link_state_event(struct link *l_ptr, u32 event);
 static void link_reset_statistics(struct link *l_ptr);
@@ -1043,6 +1044,7 @@
 int tipc_link_send_sections_fast(struct tipc_port *sender,
 				 struct iovec const *msg_sect,
 				 const u32 num_sect,
+				 unsigned int total_len,
 				 u32 destaddr)
 {
 	struct tipc_msg *hdr = &sender->phdr;
@@ -1058,8 +1060,8 @@
 	 * (Must not hold any locks while building message.)
 	 */
 
-	res = tipc_msg_build(hdr, msg_sect, num_sect, sender->max_pkt,
-			!sender->user_port, &buf);
+	res = tipc_msg_build(hdr, msg_sect, num_sect, total_len,
+			     sender->max_pkt, !sender->user_port, &buf);
 
 	read_lock_bh(&tipc_net_lock);
 	node = tipc_node_find(destaddr);
@@ -1104,7 +1106,8 @@
 				goto again;
 
 			return link_send_sections_long(sender, msg_sect,
-						       num_sect, destaddr);
+						       num_sect, total_len,
+						       destaddr);
 		}
 		tipc_node_unlock(node);
 	}
@@ -1116,7 +1119,7 @@
 		return tipc_reject_msg(buf, TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
 	if (res >= 0)
 		return tipc_port_reject_sections(sender, hdr, msg_sect, num_sect,
-						 TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
+						 total_len, TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -1137,12 +1140,13 @@
 static int link_send_sections_long(struct tipc_port *sender,
 				   struct iovec const *msg_sect,
 				   u32 num_sect,
+				   unsigned int total_len,
 				   u32 destaddr)
 {
 	struct link *l_ptr;
 	struct tipc_node *node;
 	struct tipc_msg *hdr = &sender->phdr;
-	u32 dsz = msg_data_sz(hdr);
+	u32 dsz = total_len;
 	u32 max_pkt, fragm_sz, rest;
 	struct tipc_msg fragm_hdr;
 	struct sk_buff *buf, *buf_chain, *prev;
@@ -1269,7 +1273,7 @@
 			buf_discard(buf_chain);
 		}
 		return tipc_port_reject_sections(sender, hdr, msg_sect, num_sect,
-						 TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
+						 total_len, TIPC_ERR_NO_NODE);
 	}
 
 	/* Append whole chain to send queue: */