}
        }
 
-       if (!ops->port_function_hw_addr_set) {
-               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Port doesn't support function attributes");
-               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-       }
-
        return ops->port_function_hw_addr_set(port, hw_addr, hw_addr_len,
                                              extack);
 }
 
        state = nla_get_u8(attr);
        ops = port->devlink->ops;
-       if (!ops->port_fn_state_set) {
-               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
-                                  "Function does not support state setting");
+       return ops->port_fn_state_set(port, state, extack);
+}
+
+static int devlink_port_function_validate(struct devlink_port *devlink_port,
+                                         struct nlattr **tb,
+                                         struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+       const struct devlink_ops *ops = devlink_port->devlink->ops;
+
+       if (tb[DEVLINK_PORT_FUNCTION_ATTR_HW_ADDR] &&
+           !ops->port_function_hw_addr_set) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[DEVLINK_PORT_FUNCTION_ATTR_HW_ADDR],
+                                   "Port doesn't support function attributes");
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        }
-       return ops->port_fn_state_set(port, state, extack);
+       if (tb[DEVLINK_PORT_FN_ATTR_STATE] && !ops->port_fn_state_set) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[DEVLINK_PORT_FUNCTION_ATTR_HW_ADDR],
+                                   "Function does not support state setting");
+               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       }
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int devlink_port_function_set(struct devlink_port *port,
                return err;
        }
 
+       err = devlink_port_function_validate(port, tb, extack);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
        attr = tb[DEVLINK_PORT_FUNCTION_ATTR_HW_ADDR];
        if (attr) {
                err = devlink_port_function_hw_addr_set(port, attr, extack);