diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index f5f0039d31e5..78ec1c16ccf4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -1619,6 +1619,11 @@ create_local_trace_uprobe(char *name, unsigned long offs,
 	tu->path = path;
 	tu->ref_ctr_offset = ref_ctr_offset;
 	tu->filename = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tu->filename) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	init_trace_event_call(tu);
 
 	ptype = is_ret_probe(tu) ? PROBE_PRINT_RETURN : PROBE_PRINT_NORMAL;