diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
index f1eb0d16666c..458f85e9b0ba 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ int gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall(struct net *net,
 	if (res.context_handle) {
 		data->out_handle = rctxh.exported_context_token;
 		data->mech_oid.len = rctxh.mech.len;
-		memcpy(data->mech_oid.data, rctxh.mech.data,
+		if (rctxh.mech.data)
+			memcpy(data->mech_oid.data, rctxh.mech.data,
 						data->mech_oid.len);
 		client_name = rctxh.src_name.display_name;
 	}