diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 34bb5cb152f2..f2bde5e23578 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8433a40eb7f2c4883ad57f9900f63e4d59240eb7
+refs/heads/master: bcabd91c271e50eebc0cb9220ac92700332b452e
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 026be412f356..9d2162fd2305 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ int filter_parse(char **pbuf, struct filter_pred *pred)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!val_str) {
+		pred->field_name = NULL;
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	pred->field_name = kstrdup(pred->field_name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pred->field_name)
 		return -ENOMEM;