diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 6b666d187907cf2f6a5e0baf4cb8ce6f3c8a45b9..6df9b85caf20560b8bafd83777ccabb7ec2f8760 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -2052,7 +2052,8 @@ static int nfs23_validate_mount_data(void *options,
 		memcpy(sap, &data->addr, sizeof(data->addr));
 		args->nfs_server.addrlen = sizeof(data->addr);
 		args->nfs_server.port = ntohs(data->addr.sin_port);
-		if (!nfs_verify_server_address(sap))
+		if (sap->sa_family != AF_INET ||
+		    !nfs_verify_server_address(sap))
 			goto out_no_address;
 
 		if (!(data->flags & NFS_MOUNT_TCP))