diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index c932ec65cfa0..224f627e0f6d 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void xfrm_update_ae_params(struct xfrm_state *x, struct nlattr **attrs,
 	struct nlattr *et = attrs[XFRMA_ETIMER_THRESH];
 	struct nlattr *rt = attrs[XFRMA_REPLAY_THRESH];
 
-	if (re) {
+	if (re && x->replay_esn && x->preplay_esn) {
 		struct xfrm_replay_state_esn *replay_esn;
 		replay_esn = nla_data(re);
 		memcpy(x->replay_esn, replay_esn,