1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index c16158c77dfd..64507eaa2d9e 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -5616,8 +5616,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
                 }
         }
 
-        if (pid != -1)
+        if (pid != -1) {
                 task = find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid);
+                if (IS_ERR(task)) {
+                        err = PTR_ERR(task);
+                        goto err_group_fd;
+                }
+        }
 
         /*
          * Get the target context (task or percpu):