1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 006fcab009d5..d7f7a01082eb 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ static void put_cred_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
         key_put(cred->thread_keyring);
         key_put(cred->request_key_auth);
         release_tgcred(cred);
-        put_group_info(cred->group_info);
+        if (cred->group_info)
+                put_group_info(cred->group_info);
         free_uid(cred->user);
         kmem_cache_free(cred_jar, cred);
 }