diff --git a/net/sched/act_skbmod.c b/net/sched/act_skbmod.c
index fa975262dbac..d09565d6433e 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_skbmod.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_skbmod.c
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ static void tcf_skbmod_cleanup(struct tc_action *a)
 	struct tcf_skbmod_params  *p;
 
 	p = rcu_dereference_protected(d->skbmod_p, 1);
-	kfree_rcu(p, rcu);
+	if (p)
+		kfree_rcu(p, rcu);
 }
 
 static int tcf_skbmod_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a,