1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intlist.c b/tools/perf/util/intlist.c
index 9d0740024ba8..cbf0c32ce403 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intlist.c
@@ -59,9 +59,14 @@ void intlist__remove(struct intlist *ilist, struct int_node *node)
 
 struct int_node *intlist__find(struct intlist *ilist, int i)
 {
-        struct int_node *node = NULL;
-        struct rb_node *rb_node = rblist__find(&ilist->rblist, (void *)((long)i));
+        struct int_node *node;
+        struct rb_node *rb_node;
+
+        if (ilist == NULL)
+                return NULL;
 
+        node = NULL;
+        rb_node = rblist__find(&ilist->rblist, (void *)((long)i));
         if (rb_node)
                 node = container_of(rb_node, struct int_node, rb_node);