diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 0ae3e4454ff2c4993489e779026492ef0437d823..ccc99cd23f3c4e845c4e13def5827a46d6dcc493 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -1646,6 +1646,8 @@ static struct hist_field *create_hist_field(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 		unsigned long fl = flags & ~HIST_FIELD_FL_LOG2;
 		hist_field->fn = hist_field_log2;
 		hist_field->operands[0] = create_hist_field(hist_data, field, fl, NULL);
+		if (!hist_field->operands[0])
+			goto free;
 		hist_field->size = hist_field->operands[0]->size;
 		hist_field->type = kstrdup(hist_field->operands[0]->type, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!hist_field->type)