1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 38f89650bc84..cf18f0942553 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,9 @@ static unsigned interleave_nodes(struct mempolicy *policy)
  */
 unsigned slab_node(struct mempolicy *policy)
 {
-        switch (policy->policy) {
+        int pol = policy ? policy->policy : MPOL_DEFAULT;
+
+        switch (pol) {
         case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
                 return interleave_nodes(policy);