diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 1600aa24d36b..06dfb293e5aa 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,8 @@ static int ethtool_get_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 {
 	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = dev->ethtool_ops;
 
-	if (!ops->get_eeprom || !ops->get_eeprom_len)
+	if (!ops->get_eeprom || !ops->get_eeprom_len ||
+	    !ops->get_eeprom_len(dev))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	return ethtool_get_any_eeprom(dev, useraddr, ops->get_eeprom,
@@ -1052,7 +1053,8 @@ static int ethtool_set_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	u8 *data;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (!ops->set_eeprom || !ops->get_eeprom_len)
+	if (!ops->set_eeprom || !ops->get_eeprom_len ||
+	    !ops->get_eeprom_len(dev))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&eeprom, useraddr, sizeof(eeprom)))