struct genl_info *info,
                                  union devlink_param_value *value)
 {
+       struct nlattr *param_data;
        int len;
 
-       if (param->type != DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_BOOL &&
-           !info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA])
+       param_data = info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA];
+
+       if (param->type != DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_BOOL && !param_data)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        switch (param->type) {
        case DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U8:
-               value->vu8 = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]);
+               if (nla_len(param_data) != sizeof(u8))
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               value->vu8 = nla_get_u8(param_data);
                break;
        case DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U16:
-               value->vu16 = nla_get_u16(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]);
+               if (nla_len(param_data) != sizeof(u16))
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               value->vu16 = nla_get_u16(param_data);
                break;
        case DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_U32:
-               value->vu32 = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]);
+               if (nla_len(param_data) != sizeof(u32))
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               value->vu32 = nla_get_u32(param_data);
                break;
        case DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_STRING:
-               len = strnlen(nla_data(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]),
-                             nla_len(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]));
-               if (len == nla_len(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]) ||
+               len = strnlen(nla_data(param_data), nla_len(param_data));
+               if (len == nla_len(param_data) ||
                    len >= __DEVLINK_PARAM_MAX_STRING_VALUE)
                        return -EINVAL;
-               strcpy(value->vstr,
-                      nla_data(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA]));
+               strcpy(value->vstr, nla_data(param_data));
                break;
        case DEVLINK_PARAM_TYPE_BOOL:
-               value->vbool = info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_PARAM_VALUE_DATA] ?
-                              true : false;
+               if (param_data && nla_len(param_data))
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               value->vbool = nla_get_flag(param_data);
                break;
        }
        return 0;