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 @@
 	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 @@
 	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 @@
 	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 @@
 	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 @@
 			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);