diff --git a/sys/dev/mlxfw/mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_multi.c b/sys/dev/mlxfw/mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_multi.c
--- a/sys/dev/mlxfw/mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_multi.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlxfw/mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_multi.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 
 	if (tlv->type == MLXFW_MFA2_TLV_MULTI_PART) {
 		multi = mlxfw_mfa2_tlv_multi_get(mfa2_file, tlv);
+		if (!multi)
+			return NULL;
 		tlv_len = NLA_ALIGN(tlv_len + be16_to_cpu(multi->total_len));
 	}