diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 4a307106f98f49716b81205f8cd415be289ed9d7..138f71c679695ec25b4ef13b4713f24e3c49b965 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static void xfrm_update_ae_params(struct xfrm_state *x, struct nlattr **attrs,
 	struct nlattr *et = attrs[XFRMA_ETIMER_THRESH];
 	struct nlattr *rt = attrs[XFRMA_REPLAY_THRESH];
 
-	if (re) {
+	if (re && x->replay_esn && x->preplay_esn) {
 		struct xfrm_replay_state_esn *replay_esn;
 		replay_esn = nla_data(re);
 		memcpy(x->replay_esn, replay_esn,