diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 9c3979a5080..bc773a10dca 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ int fib_nh_match(struct fib_config *cfg, struct fib_info *fi)
 			return 1;
 
 		attrlen = rtnh_attrlen(rtnh);
-		if (attrlen < 0) {
+		if (attrlen > 0) {
 			struct nlattr *nla, *attrs = rtnh_attrs(rtnh);
 
 			nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_GATEWAY);