diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index aeabc4831fca691f85f879bffcb574e04067377b..7cc97f43f13859a256fc0a7fb2c0ad5fd703aaab 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1863,11 +1863,16 @@ static int ethtool_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!ret);
 
 	gstrings.len = ret;
-	data = vzalloc(array_size(gstrings.len, ETH_GSTRING_LEN));
-	if (gstrings.len && !data)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	__ethtool_get_strings(dev, gstrings.string_set, data);
+	if (gstrings.len) {
+		data = vzalloc(array_size(gstrings.len, ETH_GSTRING_LEN));
+		if (!data)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		__ethtool_get_strings(dev, gstrings.string_set, data);
+	} else {
+		data = NULL;
+	}
 
 	ret = -EFAULT;
 	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &gstrings, sizeof(gstrings)))
@@ -1963,11 +1968,15 @@ static int ethtool_get_stats(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	stats.n_stats = n_stats;
-	data = vzalloc(array_size(n_stats, sizeof(u64)));
-	if (n_stats && !data)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ops->get_ethtool_stats(dev, &stats, data);
+	if (n_stats) {
+		data = vzalloc(array_size(n_stats, sizeof(u64)));
+		if (!data)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		ops->get_ethtool_stats(dev, &stats, data);
+	} else {
+		data = NULL;
+	}
 
 	ret = -EFAULT;
 	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &stats, sizeof(stats)))
@@ -2007,16 +2016,21 @@ static int ethtool_get_phy_stats(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	stats.n_stats = n_stats;
-	data = vzalloc(array_size(n_stats, sizeof(u64)));
-	if (n_stats && !data)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (dev->phydev && !ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats) {
-		ret = phy_ethtool_get_stats(dev->phydev, &stats, data);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
+	if (n_stats) {
+		data = vzalloc(array_size(n_stats, sizeof(u64)));
+		if (!data)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		if (dev->phydev && !ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats) {
+			ret = phy_ethtool_get_stats(dev->phydev, &stats, data);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto out;
+		} else {
+			ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats(dev, &stats, data);
+		}
 	} else {
-		ops->get_ethtool_phy_stats(dev, &stats, data);
+		data = NULL;
 	}
 
 	ret = -EFAULT;