1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c b/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c
index c5adc8c9ac43..ae948b1da93a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/sysfs.c
@@ -615,6 +615,18 @@ int cpuidle_add_sysfs(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
         struct device *cpu_dev = get_cpu_device((unsigned long)dev->cpu);
         int error;
 
+        /*
+         * Return if cpu_device is not setup for this CPU.
+         *
+         * This could happen if the arch did not set up cpu_device
+         * since this CPU is not in cpu_present mask and the
+         * driver did not send a correct CPU mask during registration.
+         * Without this check we would end up passing bogus
+         * value for &cpu_dev->kobj in kobject_init_and_add()
+         */
+        if (!cpu_dev)
+                return -ENODEV;
+
         kdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*kdev), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!kdev)
                 return -ENOMEM;