diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index 7ec8bd912d13..55094e63b72d 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -1359,7 +1359,8 @@ static int __init init_zswap(void)
 	return 0;
 
 fallback_fail:
-	zswap_pool_destroy(pool);
+	if (pool)
+		zswap_pool_destroy(pool);
 hp_fail:
 	cpuhp_remove_state(CPUHP_MM_ZSWP_MEM_PREPARE);
 dstmem_fail: