1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
index 5be021701f34..cf8bd123cf73 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ struct nsinfo *nsinfo__copy(struct nsinfo *nsi)
 {
         struct nsinfo *nnsi;
 
+        if (nsi == NULL)
+                return NULL;
+
         nnsi = calloc(1, sizeof(*nnsi));
         if (nnsi != NULL) {
                 nnsi->pid = nsi->pid;