1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index b05b609f69d1..f6a66bb4114d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ static int ip6_tnl_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 {
         u8 proto;
 
-        if (!data)
+        if (!data || !data[IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO])
                 return 0;
 
         proto = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_IPTUN_PROTO]);