diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 14a0454..d593f56 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1771,6 +1771,9 @@ static int tun_set_queue(struct file *file, struct ifreq *ifr)
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 		else if (tun_not_capable(tun))
 			ret = -EPERM;
+		/* TUNSETIFF is needed to do permission checking */
+		else if (tun->numqueues == 0)
+			ret = -EPERM;
 		else
 			ret = tun_attach(tun, file);
 	} else if (ifr->ifr_flags & IFF_DETACH_QUEUE)