diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
index 41de46b5ffa94a7bfa03d54919f54c36cbd03294..57448fc519fcd9b6b09f66bcaf996ceb9b34f8d8 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
@@ -637,11 +637,16 @@ static int xfrmi_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 			struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
-	struct xfrm_if_parms p;
+	struct xfrm_if_parms p = {};
 	struct xfrm_if *xi;
 	int err;
 
 	xfrmi_netlink_parms(data, &p);
+	if (!p.if_id) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "if_id must be non zero");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	xi = xfrmi_locate(net, &p);
 	if (xi)
 		return -EEXIST;
@@ -666,7 +671,12 @@ static int xfrmi_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 {
 	struct xfrm_if *xi = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct net *net = xi->net;
-	struct xfrm_if_parms p;
+	struct xfrm_if_parms 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);