1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index 32494fb0ee64..d5d0cd368a56 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -283,8 +283,10 @@ static int create_trace_uprobe(int argc, char **argv)
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
         arg = strchr(argv[1], ':');
-        if (!arg)
+        if (!arg) {
+                ret = -EINVAL;
                 goto fail_address_parse;
+        }
 
         *arg++ = '\0';
         filename = argv[1];