diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.c b/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.c
index 85bc75c38dea67544a39d7e352b144f3a8f4af0e..746f5a2f98048f1e1630f7c53bdba754a74a6d25 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp/llcp.c
@@ -549,14 +549,13 @@ int nfc_llcp_set_remote_gb(struct nfc_dev *dev, u8 *gb, u8 gb_len)
 		pr_err("No LLCP device\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
+	if (gb_len < 3)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	memset(local->remote_gb, 0, NFC_MAX_GT_LEN);
 	memcpy(local->remote_gb, gb, gb_len);
 	local->remote_gb_len = gb_len;
 
-	if (local->remote_gb == NULL || local->remote_gb_len == 0)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	if (memcmp(local->remote_gb, llcp_magic, 3)) {
 		pr_err("MAC does not support LLCP\n");
 		return -EINVAL;