diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index f76c0e1433c0..3b4cd44ad323 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static struct trace_kprobe *find_trace_kprobe(const char *event,
 static int
 enable_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe *tk, struct trace_event_file *file)
 {
-	struct event_file_link *link;
+	struct event_file_link *link = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (file) {
@@ -385,7 +385,9 @@ enable_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe *tk, struct trace_event_file *file)
 
 	if (ret) {
 		if (file) {
-			list_del_rcu(&link->list);
+			/* Notice the if is true on not WARN() */
+			if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!link))
+				list_del_rcu(&link->list);
 			kfree(link);
 			tk->tp.flags &= ~TP_FLAG_TRACE;
 		} else {