1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 8e0e06d3edfc..f4591a1438b4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int perf_event__repipe_sample(struct perf_tool *tool,
                                      struct perf_evsel *evsel,
                                      struct machine *machine)
 {
-        if (evsel->handler) {
+        if (evsel && evsel->handler) {
                 inject_handler f = evsel->handler;
                 return f(tool, event, sample, evsel, machine);
         }