diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index cb4b5deca9a9..b8e77ffc3892 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ 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