diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c b/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c
index 09441bbb0166f764afac70f60434e71412bb53f1..e5444f3ff43fc8a2adad17ef130537895e60d85d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ static int nft_tunnel_obj_erspan_init(const struct nlattr *attr,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
+	if (!tb[NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_VERSION])
+		 return -EINVAL;
+
 	version = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_TUNNEL_KEY_ERSPAN_VERSION]));
 	switch (version) {
 	case ERSPAN_VERSION: