diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index fa9eb92c9e24a477e45623c1017a2791fc68dd07..932e13d015b9c1464db1e3ee57ac3d6935558729 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1033,6 +1033,9 @@ static void ui_browser__hists_seek(struct ui_browser *browser,
 	 * and stop when we printed enough lines to fill the screen.
 	 */
 do_offset:
+	if (!nd)
+		return;
+
 	if (offset > 0) {
 		do {
 			h = rb_entry(nd, struct hist_entry, rb_node);