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-rw-r--r--net/ethtool/netlink.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index 08120095cc68..5dd5e8222c45 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ int ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
int ret;
if (!header) {
+ if (!require_dev)
+ return 0;
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "request header missing");
return -EINVAL;
}