diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.c b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.c
index 02262af336c4c..31525fe9c32e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.c
@@ -613,14 +613,15 @@ static int xpcs_validate(struct phylink_pcs *pcs, unsigned long *supported,
 
 	xpcs = phylink_pcs_to_xpcs(pcs);
 	compat = xpcs_find_compat(xpcs->id, state->interface);
+	if (!compat)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Populate the supported link modes for this PHY interface type.
 	 * FIXME: what about the port modes and autoneg bit? This masks
 	 * all those away.
 	 */
-	if (compat)
-		for (i = 0; compat->supported[i] != __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS; i++)
-			set_bit(compat->supported[i], xpcs_supported);
+	for (i = 0; compat->supported[i] != __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS; i++)
+		set_bit(compat->supported[i], xpcs_supported);
 
 	linkmode_and(supported, supported, xpcs_supported);