diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index f3f96badf5aa..320fa0e6951a 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ static int sample(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!acts_list)
+		return 0;
+
 	return do_execute_actions(dp, skb, nla_data(acts_list),
 						 nla_len(acts_list), true);
 }