diff --git a/hw/net/rocker/rocker_of_dpa.c b/hw/net/rocker/rocker_of_dpa.c
index 8e347d1ee4a61add8106297ea9a85e2bb3433ea6..0c9de5f014043cef99ac8999b7931e75032f0863 100644
--- a/hw/net/rocker/rocker_of_dpa.c
+++ b/hw/net/rocker/rocker_of_dpa.c
@@ -2070,6 +2070,7 @@ static int of_dpa_cmd_add_l2_flood(OfDpa *of_dpa, OfDpaGroup *group,
 err_out:
     group->l2_flood.group_count = 0;
     g_free(group->l2_flood.group_ids);
+    group->l2_flood.group_ids = NULL;
     g_free(tlvs);
 
     return err;