diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 7b648fb9ff115..50b6fb641e5b3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -2552,6 +2552,8 @@ 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)