diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 376181cc1defc66f448106925d9188c41654cab4..9f2875efb4ac9693ce89c636ebf3ed087ce5f0f6 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -922,7 +922,8 @@ static int nfc_genl_deactivate_target(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	u32 device_idx, target_idx;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX])
+	if (!info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX] ||
+	    !info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_TARGET_INDEX])
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	device_idx = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX]);