diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index 8f5c02eed47de09883b43b8b587717993064ef0b..cde29f8a37bfebe036273f3a76bbc24b0e034fff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -870,14 +870,14 @@ static int geneve_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 	__be16 dst_port = htons(GENEVE_UDP_PORT);
 	__u8 ttl = 0, tos = 0;
 	bool metadata = false;
-	__be32 rem_addr;
-	__u32 vni;
+	__be32 rem_addr = 0;
+	__u32 vni = 0;
 
-	if (!data[IFLA_GENEVE_ID] || !data[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE])
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_ID])
+		vni = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_GENEVE_ID]);
 
-	vni = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_GENEVE_ID]);
-	rem_addr = nla_get_in_addr(data[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE]);
+	if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE])
+		rem_addr = nla_get_in_addr(data[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE]);
 
 	if (data[IFLA_GENEVE_TTL])
 		ttl = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GENEVE_TTL]);
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index bbac1d35ed4e37450a3282b4b7f9dc41dabcd4e8..afdc65fd5bc57c9101c9ffcb4aeac7cfe2431a63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2745,11 +2745,10 @@ static int vxlan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	struct vxlan_config conf;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID])
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	memset(&conf, 0, sizeof(conf));
-	conf.vni = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID]);
+
+	if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID])
+		conf.vni = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID]);
 
 	if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP]) {
 		conf.remote_ip.sin.sin_addr.s_addr = nla_get_in_addr(data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP]);