diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 666dd201c3d5..7665817f3cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -3703,6 +3703,7 @@ static int vxlan_config_validate(struct net *src_net, struct vxlan_config *conf,
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 		if (use_ipv6) {
 			struct inet6_dev *idev = __in6_dev_get(lowerdev);
+
 			if (idev && idev->cnf.disable_ipv6) {
 				NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
 					       "IPv6 support disabled by administrator");