diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
index c03af08b80e7..ad4301ecfa59 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
@@ -1711,6 +1711,8 @@ static int nldev_stat_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_msg;
 	} else {
+		if (!tb[RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_RES_LQPN])
+			goto err_msg;
 		qpn = nla_get_u32(tb[RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_RES_LQPN]);
 		if (tb[RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_STAT_COUNTER_ID]) {
 			cntn = nla_get_u32(tb[RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_STAT_COUNTER_ID]);