diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_multi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_multi.c
index 017d68f1e123..972c571b4158 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_multi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_multi.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_next(const struct mlxfw_mfa2_file *mfa2_file,
 
 	if (tlv->type == MLXFW_MFA2_TLV_MULTI_PART) {
 		multi = mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_multi_get(mfa2_file, tlv);
+		if (!multi)
+			return NULL;
 		tlv_len = NLA_ALIGN(tlv_len + be16_to_cpu(multi->total_len));
 	}