diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index da82d7f16a09..0d580d81d910 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -2594,6 +2594,9 @@ static int macsec_upd_offload(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		return PTR_ERR(dev);
 	macsec = macsec_priv(dev);
 
+	if (!tb_offload[MACSEC_OFFLOAD_ATTR_TYPE])
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	offload = nla_get_u8(tb_offload[MACSEC_OFFLOAD_ATTR_TYPE]);
 	if (macsec->offload == offload)
 		return 0;