diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index 412656c34f20..3c850e1124a6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -2432,6 +2432,8 @@ do_ip_vs_set_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *user, unsigned int len)
 
 	if (cmd < IP_VS_BASE_CTL || cmd > IP_VS_SO_SET_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (len == 0 && cmd != IP_VS_SO_SET_FLUSH)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	if (len != set_arglen[CMDID(cmd)]) {
 		IP_VS_DBG(1, "set_ctl: len %u != %u\n",
 			  len, set_arglen[CMDID(cmd)]);
@@ -2547,9 +2549,6 @@ do_ip_vs_set_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *user, unsigned int len)
 		break;
 	case IP_VS_SO_SET_DELDEST:
 		ret = ip_vs_del_dest(svc, &udest);
-		break;
-	default:
-		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
   out_unlock: