diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 24b766003a610368a4e4b23afadd49f651b5a2cc..0afac5800b57bdb525923f77acbd532072e21e58 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ static int devlink_dpipe_header_put(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	int err;
 
 	header_attr = nla_nest_start(skb, DEVLINK_ATTR_DPIPE_HEADER);
-	if (!header)
+	if (!header_attr)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	if (nla_put_string(skb, DEVLINK_ATTR_DPIPE_HEADER_NAME, header->name) ||