diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index 47c67e5b5793..42e9bdcc4bb6 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -1831,6 +1831,7 @@ out:
 int tipc_nl_node_get_link(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	struct net *net = genl_info_net(info);
+	struct nlattr *attrs[TIPC_NLA_LINK_MAX + 1];
 	struct tipc_nl_msg msg;
 	char *name;
 	int err;
@@ -1838,9 +1839,19 @@ int tipc_nl_node_get_link(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	msg.portid = info->snd_portid;
 	msg.seq = info->snd_seq;
 
-	if (!info->attrs[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME])
+	if (!info->attrs[TIPC_NLA_LINK])
 		return -EINVAL;
-	name = nla_data(info->attrs[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME]);
+
+	err = nla_parse_nested(attrs, TIPC_NLA_LINK_MAX,
+			       info->attrs[TIPC_NLA_LINK],
+			       tipc_nl_link_policy, info->extack);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (!attrs[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME])
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	name = nla_data(attrs[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME]);
 
 	msg.skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!msg.skb)