diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 5f2197874beb..268d8821f7e0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -3170,6 +3170,9 @@ int fib_dump_info_fnhe(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 		struct fnhe_hash_bucket *bucket;
 		int err;
 
+		if (!nhc)
+			break;
+
 		if (nhc->nhc_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)
 			continue;