1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
index 897589507d97..ea523d3b248f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
@@ -391,8 +391,10 @@ void ordered_events__free(struct ordered_events *oe)
          * Current buffer might not have all the events allocated
          * yet, we need to free only allocated ones ...
          */
-        list_del(&oe->buffer->list);
-        ordered_events_buffer__free(oe->buffer, oe->buffer_idx, oe);
+        if (oe->buffer) {
+                list_del(&oe->buffer->list);
+                ordered_events_buffer__free(oe->buffer, oe->buffer_idx, oe);
+        }
 
         /* ... and continue with the rest */
         list_for_each_entry_safe(buffer, tmp, &oe->to_free, list) {