diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index a00f8e4045cf..a6e864c67e35 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -559,9 +559,11 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(kvm->debugfs_dentry);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < kvm_debugfs_num_entries; i++)
-		kfree(kvm->debugfs_stat_data[i]);
-	kfree(kvm->debugfs_stat_data);
+	if (kvm->debugfs_stat_data) {
+		for (i = 0; i < kvm_debugfs_num_entries; i++)
+			kfree(kvm->debugfs_stat_data[i]);
+		kfree(kvm->debugfs_stat_data);
+	}
 }
 
 static int kvm_create_vm_debugfs(struct kvm *kvm, int fd)