1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5+-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5+-pmu.c
index f4adca8e98a4..31918af3e355 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5+-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5+-pmu.c
@@ -678,8 +678,9 @@ static struct power_pmu power5p_pmu = {
 
 static int init_power5p_pmu(void)
 {
-        if (strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->oprofile_cpu_type, "ppc64/power5+")
-            && strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->oprofile_cpu_type, "ppc64/power5++"))
+        if (!cur_cpu_spec->oprofile_cpu_type ||
+            (strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->oprofile_cpu_type, "ppc64/power5+")
+             && strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->oprofile_cpu_type, "ppc64/power5++")))
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         return register_power_pmu(&power5p_pmu);