diff --git a/net/sched/act_gact.c b/net/sched/act_gact.c
index f10fb8256442014afbba6b85a23a3544ee0ec9e4..05d60859d8e3d1c2eb700ff7d1d63d81d9f98894 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_gact.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_gact.c
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ static int tcf_gact_init(struct nlattr *nla, struct nlattr *est,
 	struct tcf_common *pc;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int err;
+#ifdef CONFIG_GACT_PROB
+	struct tc_gact_p *p_parm = NULL;
+#endif
 
 	if (nla == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -82,6 +85,12 @@ static int tcf_gact_init(struct nlattr *nla, struct nlattr *est,
 #ifndef CONFIG_GACT_PROB
 	if (tb[TCA_GACT_PROB] != NULL)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+#else
+	if (tb[TCA_GACT_PROB]) {
+		p_parm = nla_data(tb[TCA_GACT_PROB]);
+		if (p_parm->ptype >= MAX_RAND)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	pc = tcf_hash_check(parm->index, a, bind, &gact_hash_info);
@@ -103,8 +112,7 @@ static int tcf_gact_init(struct nlattr *nla, struct nlattr *est,
 	spin_lock_bh(&gact->tcf_lock);
 	gact->tcf_action = parm->action;
 #ifdef CONFIG_GACT_PROB
-	if (tb[TCA_GACT_PROB] != NULL) {
-		struct tc_gact_p *p_parm = nla_data(tb[TCA_GACT_PROB]);
+	if (p_parm) {
 		gact->tcfg_paction = p_parm->paction;
 		gact->tcfg_pval    = p_parm->pval;
 		gact->tcfg_ptype   = p_parm->ptype;
@@ -133,7 +141,7 @@ static int tcf_gact(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 
 	spin_lock(&gact->tcf_lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_GACT_PROB
-	if (gact->tcfg_ptype && gact_rand[gact->tcfg_ptype] != NULL)
+	if (gact->tcfg_ptype)
 		action = gact_rand[gact->tcfg_ptype](gact);
 	else
 		action = gact->tcf_action;