diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
index 5ac2950978d2a..20be6835291e9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ static int uverbs_finalize_attrs(struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs_bundle,
 			spec_hash[i];
 		unsigned int j;
 
+		if (!curr_spec_bucket)
+			continue;
+
 		for (j = 0; j < curr_bundle->num_attrs; j++) {
 			struct uverbs_attr *attr;
 			const struct uverbs_attr_spec *spec;
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ static int uverbs_uattrs_process(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 		struct uverbs_attr_spec_hash *attr_spec_bucket;
 
 		ret = uverbs_ns_idx(&attr_id, method->num_buckets);
-		if (ret < 0) {
+		if (ret < 0 || !method->attr_buckets[ret]) {
 			if (uattr->flags & UVERBS_ATTR_F_MANDATORY) {
 				uverbs_finalize_attrs(attr_bundle,
 						      method->attr_buckets,
@@ -290,6 +293,9 @@ static int uverbs_validate_kernel_mandatory(const struct uverbs_method_spec *met
 		struct uverbs_attr_spec_hash *attr_spec_bucket =
 			method_spec->attr_buckets[i];
 
+		if (!attr_spec_bucket)
+			continue;
+
 		if (!bitmap_subset(attr_spec_bucket->mandatory_attrs_bitmask,
 				   attr_bundle->hash[i].valid_bitmap,
 				   attr_spec_bucket->num_attrs))
@@ -403,7 +409,12 @@ static long ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs(struct ib_device *ib_dev,
 	 * filled at a later stage (uverbs_process_attr)
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < method_spec->num_buckets; i++) {
-		unsigned int curr_num_attrs = method_spec->attr_buckets[i]->num_attrs;
+		unsigned int curr_num_attrs;
+
+		if (!method_spec->attr_buckets[i])
+			continue;
+
+		curr_num_attrs = method_spec->attr_buckets[i]->num_attrs;
 
 		ctx->uverbs_attr_bundle->hash[i].attrs = curr_attr;
 		curr_attr += curr_num_attrs;