diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
index e8f8875c6884e16771053a8ae2d8984dd0249d10..0fa2e203042728582b9860a6bdd1f798210637af 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_osf.c
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ static const struct tcphdr *nf_osf_hdr_ctx_init(struct nf_osf_hdr_ctx *ctx,
 
 		ctx->optp = skb_header_pointer(skb, ip_hdrlen(skb) +
 				sizeof(struct tcphdr), ctx->optsize, opts);
+		if (!ctx->optp)
+			return NULL;
 	}
 
 	return tcp;