1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index ce704df7681b..cf262ccf5047 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2794,11 +2794,10 @@ static int vxlan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
         struct vxlan_config conf;
         int err;
 
-        if (!data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID])
-                return -EINVAL;
-
         memset(&conf, 0, sizeof(conf));
-        conf.vni = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID]);
+
+        if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID])
+                conf.vni = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID]);
 
         if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP]) {
                 conf.remote_ip.sin.sin_addr.s_addr = nla_get_in_addr(data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP]);