1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c
index cc1ca86dfc24..3e8f1fed0e1f 100644
--- a/mm/mempool.c
+++ b/mm/mempool.c
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ void mempool_free(void *element, mempool_t *pool)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
 
+        if (unlikely(element == NULL))
+                return;
+
         smp_mb();
         if (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) {
                 spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);