diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index aa83907b7c46..f63183cd54a6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 14ffde0e966efab6724e2de3ab470b78d4e01109
+refs/heads/master: a2525a0852d81b1cf1155d75d1e3db9682fee191
diff --git a/trunk/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/trunk/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index cdb32c78d150..4d5092f67167 100644
--- a/trunk/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/trunk/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -4960,13 +4960,20 @@ static void free_event(struct event_format *event)
  */
 void pevent_free(struct pevent *pevent)
 {
-	struct cmdline_list *cmdlist = pevent->cmdlist, *cmdnext;
-	struct func_list *funclist = pevent->funclist, *funcnext;
-	struct printk_list *printklist = pevent->printklist, *printknext;
+	struct cmdline_list *cmdlist, *cmdnext;
+	struct func_list *funclist, *funcnext;
+	struct printk_list *printklist, *printknext;
 	struct pevent_function_handler *func_handler;
 	struct event_handler *handle;
 	int i;
 
+	if (!pevent)
+		return;
+
+	cmdlist = pevent->cmdlist;
+	funclist = pevent->funclist;
+	printklist = pevent->printklist;
+
 	pevent->ref_count--;
 	if (pevent->ref_count)
 		return;