diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c
index f78ecb6ad838..d77b52523b6a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ int seg6_hmac_info_add(struct net *net, u32 key, struct seg6_hmac_info *hinfo)
 	struct seg6_pernet_data *sdata = seg6_pernet(net);
 	int err;
 
+	if (!__hmac_get_algo(hinfo->alg_id))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	err = rhashtable_lookup_insert_fast(&sdata->hmac_infos, &hinfo->node,
 					    rht_params);