diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 6b0850e63e09..b251fb936a27 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -907,7 +907,9 @@ static int nfc_genl_activate_target(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	u32 device_idx, target_idx, protocol;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX])
+	if (!info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX] ||
+	    !info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_TARGET_INDEX] ||
+	    !info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_PROTOCOLS])
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	device_idx = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX]);