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-rw-r--r--net/ethtool/netlink.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index 23f32a995099..767fb3f17267 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -141,8 +141,10 @@ int ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
return -EINVAL;
}
- req_info->dev = dev;
- netdev_tracker_alloc(dev, &req_info->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (dev) {
+ req_info->dev = dev;
+ netdev_tracker_alloc(dev, &req_info->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
+ }
req_info->flags = flags;
return 0;
}