1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
index f88256cbacbf..28de43092330 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int mqprio_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
         if (!netif_is_multiqueue(dev))
                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-        if (nla_len(opt) < sizeof(*qopt))
+        if (!opt || nla_len(opt) < sizeof(*qopt))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         qopt = nla_data(opt);