diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index ec30c1d361606d..5700a9eaa49ae9 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -2754,14 +2754,16 @@ static bool batadv_tt_global_valid(const void *entry_ptr,
  *
  * Fills the tvlv buff with the tt entries from the specified hash. If valid_cb
  * is not provided then this becomes a no-op.
+ *
+ * Return: Remaining unused length in tvlv_buff.
  */
-static void batadv_tt_tvlv_generate(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-				    struct batadv_hashtable *hash,
-				    void *tvlv_buff, u16 tt_len,
-				    bool (*valid_cb)(const void *,
-						     const void *,
-						     u8 *flags),
-				    void *cb_data)
+static u16 batadv_tt_tvlv_generate(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+				   struct batadv_hashtable *hash,
+				   void *tvlv_buff, u16 tt_len,
+				   bool (*valid_cb)(const void *,
+						    const void *,
+						    u8 *flags),
+				   void *cb_data)
 {
 	struct batadv_tt_common_entry *tt_common_entry;
 	struct batadv_tvlv_tt_change *tt_change;
@@ -2775,7 +2777,7 @@ static void batadv_tt_tvlv_generate(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	tt_change = (struct batadv_tvlv_tt_change *)tvlv_buff;
 
 	if (!valid_cb)
-		return;
+		return tt_len;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i = 0; i < hash->size; i++) {
@@ -2801,6 +2803,8 @@ static void batadv_tt_tvlv_generate(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		}
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return batadv_tt_len(tt_tot - tt_num_entries);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3076,10 +3080,11 @@ static bool batadv_send_other_tt_response(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			goto out;
 
 		/* fill the rest of the tvlv with the real TT entries */
-		batadv_tt_tvlv_generate(bat_priv, bat_priv->tt.global_hash,
-					tt_change, tt_len,
-					batadv_tt_global_valid,
-					req_dst_orig_node);
+		tvlv_len -= batadv_tt_tvlv_generate(bat_priv,
+						    bat_priv->tt.global_hash,
+						    tt_change, tt_len,
+						    batadv_tt_global_valid,
+						    req_dst_orig_node);
 	}
 
 	/* Don't send the response, if larger than fragmented packet. */
@@ -3203,9 +3208,11 @@ static bool batadv_send_my_tt_response(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			goto out;
 
 		/* fill the rest of the tvlv with the real TT entries */
-		batadv_tt_tvlv_generate(bat_priv, bat_priv->tt.local_hash,
-					tt_change, tt_len,
-					batadv_tt_local_valid, NULL);
+		tvlv_len -= batadv_tt_tvlv_generate(bat_priv,
+						    bat_priv->tt.local_hash,
+						    tt_change, tt_len,
+						    batadv_tt_local_valid,
+						    NULL);
 	}
 
 	tvlv_tt_data->flags = BATADV_TT_RESPONSE;