diff --git a/net/tipc/net.c b/net/tipc/net.c
index 856f9e97ea29..4fbaa0464405 100644
--- a/net/tipc/net.c
+++ b/net/tipc/net.c
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ int __tipc_nl_net_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		u64 *w0 = (u64 *)&node_id[0];
 		u64 *w1 = (u64 *)&node_id[8];
 
+		if (!attrs[TIPC_NLA_NET_NODEID_W1])
+			return -EINVAL;
 		*w0 = nla_get_u64(attrs[TIPC_NLA_NET_NODEID]);
 		*w1 = nla_get_u64(attrs[TIPC_NLA_NET_NODEID_W1]);
 		tipc_net_init(net, node_id, 0);
diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink.c b/net/tipc/netlink.c
index d4e0bbeee727..6ff2254088f6 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink.c
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_net_policy[TIPC_NLA_NET_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TIPC_NLA_NET_UNSPEC]		= { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
 	[TIPC_NLA_NET_ID]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[TIPC_NLA_NET_ADDR]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[TIPC_NLA_NET_NODEID]		= { .type = NLA_U64 },
+	[TIPC_NLA_NET_NODEID_W1]	= { .type = NLA_U64 },
 };
 
 const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_link_policy[TIPC_NLA_LINK_MAX + 1] = {