diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index cc1a078f7a16..aaf779ee68a6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -1699,6 +1699,8 @@ static struct hist_field *create_hist_field(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 		hist_field->fn = flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_LOG2 ? hist_field_log2 :
 			hist_field_bucket;
 		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_const(hist_field->operands[0]->type, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!hist_field->type)