1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 0a216aae227..4996fc71955 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3345,6 +3345,9 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 {
         struct kmem_cache *s;
 
+        if (WARN_ON(!name))
+                return NULL;
+
         down_write(&slub_lock);
         s = find_mergeable(size, align, flags, name, ctor);
         if (s) {