{
        const struct rss_reply_data *data = RSS_REPDATA(reply_base);
 
-       if (nla_put_u32(skb, ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HFUNC, data->hfunc) ||
-           nla_put(skb, ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INDIR,
-                   sizeof(u32) * data->indir_size, data->indir_table) ||
-           nla_put(skb, ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HKEY, data->hkey_size, data->hkey))
+       if ((data->hfunc &&
+            nla_put_u32(skb, ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HFUNC, data->hfunc)) ||
+           (data->indir_size &&
+            nla_put(skb, ETHTOOL_A_RSS_INDIR,
+                    sizeof(u32) * data->indir_size, data->indir_table)) ||
+           (data->hkey_size &&
+            nla_put(skb, ETHTOOL_A_RSS_HKEY, data->hkey_size, data->hkey)))
                return -EMSGSIZE;
 
        return 0;