diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 5f3ea80260749ee0a628a0d9acd75125f66db6f5..2a2136b7d324fc81f0045d64855f1d3f768e0d2b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,8 @@ static rx_handler_result_t macsec_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 			    macsec_extra_len(macsec_skb_cb(skb)->has_sci));
 	macsec_reset_skb(skb, secy->netdev);
 
-	macsec_rxsa_put(rx_sa);
+	if (rx_sa)
+		macsec_rxsa_put(rx_sa);
 	count_rx(dev, skb->len);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();