diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index ae59fca96032..03434db36b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1924,6 +1924,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *vxlan_na_create(struct sk_buff *request,
 	ns_olen = request->len - skb_network_offset(request) -
 		sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) - sizeof(*ns);
 	for (i = 0; i < ns_olen-1; i += (ns->opt[i+1]<<3)) {
+		if (!ns->opt[i + 1]) {
+			kfree_skb(reply);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		if (ns->opt[i] == ND_OPT_SOURCE_LL_ADDR) {
 			daddr = ns->opt + i + sizeof(struct nd_opt_hdr);
 			break;