diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index ddf1b3a5f7c1f986685061ca037cf77c4c46248e..97f7ebf5324e79bc56a5f7220a4813bb76aedb7c 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -621,13 +621,8 @@ static struct xfrm_state *xfrm_state_construct(struct net *net,
 
 	xfrm_smark_init(attrs, &x->props.smark);
 
-	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]) {
+	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID])
 		x->if_id = nla_get_u32(attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]);
-		if (!x->if_id) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto error;
-		}
-	}
 
 	err = __xfrm_init_state(x, false, attrs[XFRMA_OFFLOAD_DEV]);
 	if (err)
@@ -1358,13 +1353,8 @@ static int xfrm_alloc_userspi(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	mark = xfrm_mark_get(attrs, &m);
 
-	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]) {
+	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID])
 		if_id = nla_get_u32(attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]);
-		if (!if_id) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto out_noput;
-		}
-	}
 
 	if (p->info.seq) {
 		x = xfrm_find_acq_byseq(net, mark, p->info.seq);
@@ -1677,13 +1667,8 @@ static struct xfrm_policy *xfrm_policy_construct(struct net *net, struct xfrm_us
 
 	xfrm_mark_get(attrs, &xp->mark);
 
-	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]) {
+	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID])
 		xp->if_id = nla_get_u32(attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]);
-		if (!xp->if_id) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto error;
-		}
-	}
 
 	return xp;
  error: