diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index ddcf569d852f..42ff32700d68 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -621,8 +621,13 @@ static struct xfrm_state *xfrm_state_construct(struct net *net,
 
 	xfrm_smark_init(attrs, &x->props.smark);
 
-	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID])
+	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]) {
 		x->if_id = nla_get_u32(attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]);
+		if (!x->if_id) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
 
 	err = __xfrm_init_state(x, false, attrs[XFRMA_OFFLOAD_DEV]);
 	if (err)
@@ -1328,8 +1333,13 @@ static int xfrm_alloc_userspi(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	mark = xfrm_mark_get(attrs, &m);
 
-	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID])
+	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]) {
 		if_id = nla_get_u32(attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]);
+		if (!if_id) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out_noput;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (p->info.seq) {
 		x = xfrm_find_acq_byseq(net, mark, p->info.seq);
@@ -1631,8 +1641,13 @@ static struct xfrm_policy *xfrm_policy_construct(struct net *net, struct xfrm_us
 
 	xfrm_mark_get(attrs, &xp->mark);
 
-	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID])
+	if (attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]) {
 		xp->if_id = nla_get_u32(attrs[XFRMA_IF_ID]);
+		if (!xp->if_id) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return xp;
  error: