diff --git a/neigh.go b/neigh.go
index 22b9f83..2ea824f 100644
--- a/neigh.go
+++ b/neigh.go
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ import (
 var (
 	// errInvalidNeighMessage is returned when a LinkMessage is malformed.
 	errInvalidNeighMessage = errors.New("rtnetlink NeighMessage is invalid or too short")
-
-	// errInvalidNeighMessageAttr is returned when neigh attributes are malformed.
-	errInvalidNeighMessageAttr = errors.New("rtnetlink NeighMessage has a wrong attribute data length")
 )
 
 var _ Message = &NeighMessage{}
@@ -186,8 +183,8 @@ func (a *NeighAttributes) decode(ad *netlink.AttributeDecoder) error {
 			// unused attribute
 		case unix.NDA_DST:
 			l := len(ad.Bytes())
-			if l != 4 && l != 16 {
-				return errInvalidNeighMessageAttr
+			if l == 0 {
+				continue
 			}
 			a.Address = ad.Bytes()
 		case unix.NDA_LLADDR:
@@ -198,9 +195,6 @@ func (a *NeighAttributes) decode(ad *netlink.AttributeDecoder) error {
 				// Ignore empty addresses.
 				continue
 			}
-			if l != 6 && l != 8 && l != 20 {
-				return errInvalidNeighMessageAttr
-			}
 			a.LLAddress = ad.Bytes()
 		case unix.NDA_CACHEINFO:
 			a.CacheInfo = &NeighCacheInfo{}
diff --git a/neigh_test.go b/neigh_test.go
index 2a132f2..8f5b22b 100644
--- a/neigh_test.go
+++ b/neigh_test.go
@@ -142,20 +142,6 @@ func TestNeighMessageUnmarshalBinary(t *testing.T) {
 			b:    make([]byte, 11),
 			err:  errInvalidNeighMessage,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "invalid attr",
-			b: []byte{
-				0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-				0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-				0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-				0x04, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00,
-				0x05, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-				0x08, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-				0x08, 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-				0x05, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-			},
-			err: errInvalidNeighMessageAttr,
-		},
 		{
 			name: "data",
 			b: []byte{