diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6.c b/net/ipv6/seg6.c
index b172d85c650a..a855eb325b03 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6.c
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ static int seg6_genl_set_tunsrc(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	val = nla_data(info->attrs[SEG6_ATTR_DST]);
 	t_new = kmemdup(val, sizeof(*val), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!t_new)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	mutex_lock(&sdata->lock);