diff --git a/net/9p/trans_fd.c b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
index 964260265b132c27fcb1bc799e1f7967e0b96ccb..e2ef3c782c53869ba2b7748dbee67b1c55bfb217 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ p9_fd_create_tcp(struct p9_client *client, const char *addr, char *args)
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	if (valid_ipaddr4(addr) < 0)
+	if (addr == NULL || valid_ipaddr4(addr) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	csocket = NULL;
@@ -995,6 +995,9 @@ p9_fd_create_unix(struct p9_client *client, const char *addr, char *args)
 
 	csocket = NULL;
 
+	if (addr == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (strlen(addr) >= UNIX_PATH_MAX) {
 		pr_err("%s (%d): address too long: %s\n",
 		       __func__, task_pid_nr(current), addr);
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_rdma.c b/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
index 2649b2ebf961c2f05e426cdf0f19cce66956e00c..2ab4574183c93f8c403fa79346cb2a3935ce5d02 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
@@ -645,6 +645,9 @@ rdma_create_trans(struct p9_client *client, const char *addr, char *args)
 	struct rdma_conn_param conn_param;
 	struct ib_qp_init_attr qp_attr;
 
+	if (addr == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* Parse the transport specific mount options */
 	err = parse_opts(args, &opts);
 	if (err < 0)
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index 06dcd3cc6a293e945870d4b7582a51dc5540ae86..8ca356eb66bbf02af131b4cfe47245ae19bdef9c 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -654,6 +654,9 @@ p9_virtio_create(struct p9_client *client, const char *devname, char *args)
 	int ret = -ENOENT;
 	int found = 0;
 
+	if (devname == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(chan, &virtio_chan_list, chan_list) {
 		if (!strncmp(devname, chan->tag, chan->tag_len) &&
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_xen.c b/net/9p/trans_xen.c
index 2e2b8bca54f33352b7e398543bc2a2fbf8c74826..c2d54ac76bfdbb72fa7ad24d63f7379afdc5433d 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_xen.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_xen.c
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ static int p9_xen_create(struct p9_client *client, const char *addr, char *args)
 {
 	struct xen_9pfs_front_priv *priv;
 
+	if (addr == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	read_lock(&xen_9pfs_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(priv, &xen_9pfs_devs, list) {
 		if (!strcmp(priv->tag, addr)) {