diff --git a/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c b/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c
index 4b98101209a1877c5580a5fdfc7beecfd576f124..d50bb4dc065036181f7fc3b05182c7c8dce6b8ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static int perf_ibs_handle_irq(struct perf_ibs *perf_ibs, struct pt_regs *iregs)
 {
 	struct cpu_perf_ibs *pcpu = this_cpu_ptr(perf_ibs->pcpu);
 	struct perf_event *event = pcpu->event;
-	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
 	struct perf_sample_data data;
 	struct perf_raw_record raw;
 	struct pt_regs regs;
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ static int perf_ibs_handle_irq(struct perf_ibs *perf_ibs, struct pt_regs *iregs)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!event))
+		goto fail;
+
+	hwc = &event->hw;
 	msr = hwc->config_base;
 	buf = ibs_data.regs;
 	rdmsrl(msr, *buf);