1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
index 4a015f77e2b5..4ee9a86705ed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
@@ -510,8 +510,10 @@ int parse_options_subcommand(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *o
                 }
                 exit(130);
         case PARSE_OPT_LIST_SUBCMDS:
-                for (int i = 0; subcommands[i]; i++)
-                        printf("%s ", subcommands[i]);
+                if (subcommands) {
+                        for (int i = 0; subcommands[i]; i++)
+                                printf("%s ", subcommands[i]);
+                }
                 exit(130);
         default: /* PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN */
                 if (ctx.argv[0][1] == '-') {