diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index 82da55101b5a..61ebe723ee4d 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -31,17 +31,22 @@ struct prefix_info {
 	__u8			length;
 	__u8			prefix_len;
 
+	union __packed {
+		__u8		flags;
+		struct __packed {
 #if defined(__BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
-	__u8			onlink : 1,
+			__u8	onlink : 1,
 			 	autoconf : 1,
 				reserved : 6;
 #elif defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
-	__u8			reserved : 6,
+			__u8	reserved : 6,
 				autoconf : 1,
 				onlink : 1;
 #else
 #error "Please fix <asm/byteorder.h>"
 #endif
+		};
+	};
 	__be32			valid;
 	__be32			prefered;
 	__be32			reserved2;
@@ -49,6 +54,9 @@ struct prefix_info {
 	struct in6_addr		prefix;
 };
 
+/* rfc4861 4.6.2: IPv6 PIO is 32 bytes in size */
+static_assert(sizeof(struct prefix_info) == 32);
+
 #include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <net/if_inet6.h>
diff --git a/include/net/if_inet6.h b/include/net/if_inet6.h
index 3e454c4d7ba6..f07642264c1e 100644
--- a/include/net/if_inet6.h
+++ b/include/net/if_inet6.h
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 #define IF_RS_SENT	0x10
 #define IF_READY	0x80000000
 
-/* prefix flags */
-#define IF_PREFIX_ONLINK	0x01
-#define IF_PREFIX_AUTOCONF	0x02
-
 enum {
 	INET6_IFADDR_STATE_PREDAD,
 	INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DAD,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 3aaea56b5166..2692a7b24c40 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -6149,11 +6149,7 @@ static int inet6_fill_prefix(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev,
 	pmsg->prefix_len = pinfo->prefix_len;
 	pmsg->prefix_type = pinfo->type;
 	pmsg->prefix_pad3 = 0;
-	pmsg->prefix_flags = 0;
-	if (pinfo->onlink)
-		pmsg->prefix_flags |= IF_PREFIX_ONLINK;
-	if (pinfo->autoconf)
-		pmsg->prefix_flags |= IF_PREFIX_AUTOCONF;
+	pmsg->prefix_flags = pinfo->flags;
 
 	if (nla_put(skb, PREFIX_ADDRESS, sizeof(pinfo->prefix), &pinfo->prefix))
 		goto nla_put_failure;