diff --git a/kernel/bpf/memalloc.c b/kernel/bpf/memalloc.c
index 20621f5407d82..5f83be1d20181 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/memalloc.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/memalloc.c
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ static void free_bulk(struct bpf_mem_cache *c)
 		local_dec(&c->active);
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
 			local_irq_restore(flags);
-		enque_to_free(c, llnode);
+		if (llnode)
+			enque_to_free(c, llnode);
 	} while (cnt > (c->high_watermark + c->low_watermark) / 2);
 
 	/* and drain free_llist_extra */