diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 5101780..014485e 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -543,18 +543,12 @@ static int ovs_packet_cmd_execute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_flow_free;
 
-	acts = ovs_nla_alloc_flow_actions(nla_len(a[OVS_PACKET_ATTR_ACTIONS]));
-	err = PTR_ERR(acts);
-	if (IS_ERR(acts))
-		goto err_flow_free;
-
 	err = ovs_nla_copy_actions(a[OVS_PACKET_ATTR_ACTIONS],
 				   &flow->key, &acts);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_flow_free;
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(flow->sf_acts, acts);
-
 	OVS_CB(packet)->egress_tun_info = NULL;
 	packet->priority = flow->key.phy.priority;
 	packet->mark = flow->key.phy.skb_mark;
@@ -872,16 +866,11 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	ovs_flow_mask_key(&new_flow->key, &new_flow->unmasked_key, &mask);
 
 	/* Validate actions. */
-	acts = ovs_nla_alloc_flow_actions(nla_len(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS]));
-	error = PTR_ERR(acts);
-	if (IS_ERR(acts))
-		goto err_kfree_flow;
-
 	error = ovs_nla_copy_actions(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS], &new_flow->key,
 				     &acts);
 	if (error) {
 		OVS_NLERR("Flow actions may not be safe on all matching packets.\n");
-		goto err_kfree_acts;
+		goto err_kfree_flow;
 	}
 
 	reply = ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(acts, info, false);
@@ -972,6 +961,7 @@ error:
 	return error;
 }
 
+/* Factor out action copy to avoid "Wframe-larger-than=1024" warning. */
 static struct sw_flow_actions *get_flow_actions(const struct nlattr *a,
 						const struct sw_flow_key *key,
 						const struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
@@ -980,15 +970,10 @@ static struct sw_flow_actions *get_flow_actions(const struct nlattr *a,
 	struct sw_flow_key masked_key;
 	int error;
 
-	acts = ovs_nla_alloc_flow_actions(nla_len(a));
-	if (IS_ERR(acts))
-		return acts;
-
 	ovs_flow_mask_key(&masked_key, key, mask);
 	error = ovs_nla_copy_actions(a, &masked_key, &acts);
 	if (error) {
-		OVS_NLERR("Flow actions may not be safe on all matching packets.\n");
-		kfree(acts);
+		OVS_NLERR("Actions may not be safe on all matching packets.\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 	}
 
@@ -1028,10 +1013,8 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 			error = PTR_ERR(acts);
 			goto error;
 		}
-	}
 
-	/* Can allocate before locking if have acts. */
-	if (acts) {
+		/* Can allocate before locking if have acts. */
 		reply = ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(acts, info, false);
 		if (IS_ERR(reply)) {
 			error = PTR_ERR(reply);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 1050b28..482a0cb 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ nla_put_failure:
 
 #define MAX_ACTIONS_BUFSIZE	(32 * 1024)
 
-struct sw_flow_actions *ovs_nla_alloc_flow_actions(int size)
+static struct sw_flow_actions *nla_alloc_flow_actions(int size)
 {
 	struct sw_flow_actions *sfa;
 
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ static struct nlattr *reserve_sfa_size(struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 		new_acts_size = MAX_ACTIONS_BUFSIZE;
 	}
 
-	acts = ovs_nla_alloc_flow_actions(new_acts_size);
+	acts = nla_alloc_flow_actions(new_acts_size);
 	if (IS_ERR(acts))
 		return (void *)acts;
 
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ static inline void add_nested_action_end(struct sw_flow_actions *sfa,
 	a->nla_len = sfa->actions_len - st_offset;
 }
 
-static int ovs_nla_copy_actions__(const struct nlattr *attr,
+static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(const struct nlattr *attr,
 				  const struct sw_flow_key *key,
 				  int depth, struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 				  __be16 eth_type, __be16 vlan_tci);
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ static int validate_and_copy_sample(const struct nlattr *attr,
 	if (st_acts < 0)
 		return st_acts;
 
-	err = ovs_nla_copy_actions__(actions, key, depth + 1, sfa,
+	err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(actions, key, depth + 1, sfa,
 				     eth_type, vlan_tci);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ static int copy_action(const struct nlattr *from,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ovs_nla_copy_actions__(const struct nlattr *attr,
+static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(const struct nlattr *attr,
 				  const struct sw_flow_key *key,
 				  int depth, struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 				  __be16 eth_type, __be16 vlan_tci)
@@ -1846,8 +1846,18 @@ int ovs_nla_copy_actions(const struct nlattr *attr,
 			 const struct sw_flow_key *key,
 			 struct sw_flow_actions **sfa)
 {
-	return ovs_nla_copy_actions__(attr, key, 0, sfa, key->eth.type,
-				      key->eth.tci);
+	int err;
+
+	*sfa = nla_alloc_flow_actions(nla_len(attr));
+	if (IS_ERR(*sfa))
+		return PTR_ERR(*sfa);
+
+	err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(attr, key, 0, sfa, key->eth.type,
+				     key->eth.tci);
+	if (err)
+		kfree(*sfa);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int sample_action_to_attr(const struct nlattr *attr, struct sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
index 4f03706..eb0b177 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ int ovs_nla_copy_actions(const struct nlattr *attr,
 int ovs_nla_put_actions(const struct nlattr *attr,
 			int len, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
-struct sw_flow_actions *ovs_nla_alloc_flow_actions(int actions_len);
 void ovs_nla_free_flow_actions(struct sw_flow_actions *);
 
 #endif /* flow_netlink.h */
