diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 7765c65fc7d2197e1a27f7c8199626f4a4bd5f0b..029b24eeafbaf8ec28b0f55ff08de58b8fb0efdd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1168,6 +1168,8 @@ static int erspan_netlink_parms(struct net_device *dev,
 	err = ipgre_netlink_parms(dev, data, tb, parms, fwmark);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
+	if (!data)
+		return 0;
 
 	if (data[IFLA_GRE_ERSPAN_VER]) {
 		t->erspan_ver = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GRE_ERSPAN_VER]);