diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c b/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
index fae21c863b1f..55c0b2e872a5 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_netlink.c
@@ -61,10 +61,16 @@ static int hsr_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	else
 		multicast_spec = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_HSR_MULTICAST_SPEC]);
 
-	if (!data[IFLA_HSR_VERSION])
+	if (!data[IFLA_HSR_VERSION]) {
 		hsr_version = 0;
-	else
+	} else {
 		hsr_version = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_HSR_VERSION]);
+		if (hsr_version > 1) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+					   "Only versions 0..1 are supported");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return hsr_dev_finalize(dev, link, multicast_spec, hsr_version);
 }