diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.c b/src/util/virnetdev.c
index 455239ad9b3af738b0745932a18b6096df84354a..2a0dabce7fa345162e72d6a436133601a9dd9ba7 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdev.c
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ virNetDevParseVfConfig(struct nlattr **tb, int32_t vf, virMacAddrPtr mac,
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        if (tb[IFLA_VF_MAC]) {
+        if (mac && tb[IFLA_VF_MAC]) {
             vf_mac = RTA_DATA(tb_vf[IFLA_VF_MAC]);
             if (vf_mac && vf_mac->vf == vf)  {
                 virMacAddrSetRaw(mac, vf_mac->mac);
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ virNetDevParseVfConfig(struct nlattr **tb, int32_t vf, virMacAddrPtr mac,
             }
         }
 
-        if (tb[IFLA_VF_VLAN]) {
+        if (vlanid && tb[IFLA_VF_VLAN]) {
             vf_vlan = RTA_DATA(tb_vf[IFLA_VF_VLAN]);
             if (vf_vlan && vf_vlan->vf == vf)  {
                 *vlanid = vf_vlan->vlan;