diff --git a/net/sched/act_vlan.c b/net/sched/act_vlan.c
index 8290d84ae69387..f3d8cbb14cca6a 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_vlan.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_vlan.c
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ static void tcf_vlan_cleanup(struct tc_action *a)
 	struct tcf_vlan_params *p;
 
 	p = rcu_dereference_protected(v->vlan_p, 1);
-	kfree_rcu(p, rcu);
+	if (p)
+		kfree_rcu(p, rcu);
 }
 
 static int tcf_vlan_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a,