1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index aab277b67fa9..8c3f37e2dc43 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@ static __init int stack_trace_init(void)
         struct dentry *d_tracer;
 
         d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
+        if (!d_tracer)
+                return 0;
 
         trace_create_file("stack_max_size", 0644, d_tracer,
                         &max_stack_size, &stack_max_size_fops);