diff --git a/include/net/pkt_cls.h b/include/net/pkt_cls.h
index c64fd896b1f9..99ac747b7906 100644
--- a/include/net/pkt_cls.h
+++ b/include/net/pkt_cls.h
@@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ static inline unsigned char * tcf_get_base_ptr(struct sk_buff *skb, int layer)
 		case TCF_LAYER_NETWORK:
 			return skb_network_header(skb);
 		case TCF_LAYER_TRANSPORT:
+			if (!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb))
+				break;
 			return skb_transport_header(skb);
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/sched/em_cmp.c b/net/sched/em_cmp.c
index 64b637f18bc7..48c1bce74f49 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_cmp.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_cmp.c
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ static int em_cmp_match(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_ematch *em,
 			struct tcf_pkt_info *info)
 {
 	struct tcf_em_cmp *cmp = (struct tcf_em_cmp *) em->data;
-	unsigned char *ptr = tcf_get_base_ptr(skb, cmp->layer) + cmp->off;
+	unsigned char *ptr = tcf_get_base_ptr(skb, cmp->layer);
 	u32 val = 0;
 
+	if (!ptr)
+		return 0;
+	ptr += cmp->off;
 	if (!tcf_valid_offset(skb, ptr, cmp->align))
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/net/sched/em_nbyte.c b/net/sched/em_nbyte.c
index 4f9f21a05d5e..c65ffa5fff94 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_nbyte.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_nbyte.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ static int em_nbyte_match(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_ematch *em,
 	struct nbyte_data *nbyte = (struct nbyte_data *) em->data;
 	unsigned char *ptr = tcf_get_base_ptr(skb, nbyte->hdr.layer);
 
+	if (!ptr)
+		return 0;
 	ptr += nbyte->hdr.off;
 
 	if (!tcf_valid_offset(skb, ptr, nbyte->hdr.len))
diff --git a/net/sched/em_text.c b/net/sched/em_text.c
index 6b3d0af72c39..692e2be1793e 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_text.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_text.c
@@ -29,12 +29,19 @@ static int em_text_match(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_ematch *m,
 			 struct tcf_pkt_info *info)
 {
 	struct text_match *tm = EM_TEXT_PRIV(m);
+	unsigned char *ptr;
 	int from, to;
 
-	from = tcf_get_base_ptr(skb, tm->from_layer) - skb->data;
+	ptr = tcf_get_base_ptr(skb, tm->from_layer);
+	if (!ptr)
+		return 0;
+	from = ptr - skb->data;
 	from += tm->from_offset;
 
-	to = tcf_get_base_ptr(skb, tm->to_layer) - skb->data;
+	ptr = tcf_get_base_ptr(skb, tm->to_layer);
+	if (!ptr)
+		return 0;
+	to = ptr - skb->data;
 	to += tm->to_offset;
 
 	return skb_find_text(skb, from, to, tm->config) != UINT_MAX;