diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 0dafd8e6c6658820c8be6b16cbf75283805898d4..fd0ff97e3d81f3c4249c5a51e3da65b4f04d85f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2727,7 +2727,7 @@ static int vxlan_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
 	}
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_MTU]) {
-		u32 mtu = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_MTU]);
+		u32 mtu = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]);
 
 		if (mtu < ETH_MIN_MTU || mtu > ETH_MAX_MTU)
 			return -EINVAL;