diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
index ac09f2226dc748132cd869bdf0933a5daf7509c4..a8408b6cacdf7ff8e73fcd3bf7db8a850afb56a4 100644
--- a/lib/nlattr.c
+++ b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static const u16 nla_attr_minlen[NLA_TYPE_MAX+1] = {
 	[NLA_U16]	= sizeof(u16),
 	[NLA_U32]	= sizeof(u32),
 	[NLA_U64]	= sizeof(u64),
+	[NLA_MSECS]	= sizeof(u64),
 	[NLA_NESTED]	= NLA_HDRLEN,
 };