1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/tc.c b/lib/tc.c
index 4c07e2216..5c32c6f97 100644
--- a/lib/tc.c
+++ b/lib/tc.c
@@ -2354,7 +2354,9 @@ tc_del_filter(struct tcf_id *id, const char *kind)
     struct ofpbuf request;
 
     request_from_tcf_id(id, 0, RTM_DELTFILTER, NLM_F_ACK, &request);
-    nl_msg_put_string(&request, TCA_KIND, kind);
+    if (kind) {
+        nl_msg_put_string(&request, TCA_KIND, kind);
+    }
     return tc_transact(&request, NULL);
 }