diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index 5aeb0dde6ccc5e525e740ca5fde3ba2c58c50070..4d753beaac32da82dd53ae9fb5db047781c8046f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -3078,6 +3078,17 @@ static int ip_vs_genl_dump_services(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return skb->len;
 }
 
+static bool ip_vs_is_af_valid(int af)
+{
+	if (af == AF_INET)
+		return true;
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6
+	if (af == AF_INET6 && ipv6_mod_enabled())
+		return true;
+#endif
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int ip_vs_genl_parse_service(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs,
 				    struct ip_vs_service_user_kern *usvc,
 				    struct nlattr *nla, int full_entry,
@@ -3104,11 +3115,7 @@ static int ip_vs_genl_parse_service(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs,
 	memset(usvc, 0, sizeof(*usvc));
 
 	usvc->af = nla_get_u16(nla_af);
-#ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6
-	if (usvc->af != AF_INET && usvc->af != AF_INET6)
-#else
-	if (usvc->af != AF_INET)
-#endif
+	if (!ip_vs_is_af_valid(usvc->af))
 		return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
 
 	if (nla_fwmark) {
@@ -3610,6 +3617,11 @@ static int ip_vs_genl_set_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		if (udest.af == 0)
 			udest.af = svc->af;
 
+		if (!ip_vs_is_af_valid(udest.af)) {
+			ret = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		if (udest.af != svc->af && cmd != IPVS_CMD_DEL_DEST) {
 			/* The synchronization protocol is incompatible
 			 * with mixed family services