diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 8228d1276a2f..5a67dab27f83 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void kfree(const void *objp);
 void kfree_sensitive(const void *objp);
 size_t __ksize(const void *objp);
 
-DEFINE_FREE(kfree, void *, if (_T) kfree(_T))
+DEFINE_FREE(kfree, void *, if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(_T)) kfree(_T))
 
 /**
  * ksize - Report actual allocation size of associated object