diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
index 6bfd7b8249dab65d47bd3339454a246a0a440bd3..18d27ce2660080db43447ac0011480288edca04c 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
@@ -698,12 +698,12 @@ static int xfrmi_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	struct net *net = xi->net;
 	struct xfrm_if_parms p = {};
 
+	xfrmi_netlink_parms(data, &p);
 	if (!p.if_id) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "if_id must be non zero");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	xfrmi_netlink_parms(data, &p);
 	xi = xfrmi_locate(net, &p);
 	if (!xi) {
 		xi = netdev_priv(dev);