diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
index e67bffd6f423..2cbb1d1830bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c
@@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@ static void lan8814_txtstamp(struct mii_timestamper *mii_ts,
 	}
 }
 
-static void lan8814_get_sig_rx(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *sig)
+static bool lan8814_get_sig_rx(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *sig)
 {
 	struct ptp_header *ptp_header;
 	u32 type;
@@ -2313,7 +2313,11 @@ static void lan8814_get_sig_rx(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *sig)
 	ptp_header = ptp_parse_header(skb, type);
 	skb_pull_inline(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 
+	if (!ptp_header)
+		return false;
+
 	*sig = (__force u16)(ntohs(ptp_header->sequence_id));
+	return true;
 }
 
 static bool lan8814_match_rx_ts(struct kszphy_ptp_priv *ptp_priv,
@@ -2325,7 +2329,8 @@ static bool lan8814_match_rx_ts(struct kszphy_ptp_priv *ptp_priv,
 	bool ret = false;
 	u16 skb_sig;
 
-	lan8814_get_sig_rx(skb, &skb_sig);
+	if (!lan8814_get_sig_rx(skb, &skb_sig))
+		return ret;
 
 	/* Iterate over all RX timestamps and match it with the received skbs */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ptp_priv->rx_ts_lock, flags);
@@ -2605,7 +2610,7 @@ static int lan8814_ptpci_adjfine(struct ptp_clock_info *ptpci, long scaled_ppm)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void lan8814_get_sig_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *sig)
+static bool lan8814_get_sig_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *sig)
 {
 	struct ptp_header *ptp_header;
 	u32 type;
@@ -2613,7 +2618,11 @@ static void lan8814_get_sig_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *sig)
 	type = ptp_classify_raw(skb);
 	ptp_header = ptp_parse_header(skb, type);
 
+	if (!ptp_header)
+		return false;
+
 	*sig = (__force u16)(ntohs(ptp_header->sequence_id));
+	return true;
 }
 
 static void lan8814_dequeue_tx_skb(struct kszphy_ptp_priv *ptp_priv)
@@ -2631,7 +2640,8 @@ static void lan8814_dequeue_tx_skb(struct kszphy_ptp_priv *ptp_priv)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ptp_priv->tx_queue.lock, flags);
 	skb_queue_walk_safe(&ptp_priv->tx_queue, skb, skb_tmp) {
-		lan8814_get_sig_tx(skb, &skb_sig);
+		if (!lan8814_get_sig_tx(skb, &skb_sig))
+			continue;
 
 		if (memcmp(&skb_sig, &seq_id, sizeof(seq_id)))
 			continue;
@@ -2675,7 +2685,8 @@ static bool lan8814_match_skb(struct kszphy_ptp_priv *ptp_priv,
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ptp_priv->rx_queue.lock, flags);
 	skb_queue_walk_safe(&ptp_priv->rx_queue, skb, skb_tmp) {
-		lan8814_get_sig_rx(skb, &skb_sig);
+		if (!lan8814_get_sig_rx(skb, &skb_sig))
+			continue;
 
 		if (memcmp(&skb_sig, &rx_ts->seq_id, sizeof(rx_ts->seq_id)))
 			continue;