diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index aab277b..8c3f37e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -431,6 +431,8 @@
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
 
 	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
+	if (!d_tracer)
+		return 0;
 
 	trace_create_file("stack_max_size", 0644, d_tracer,
 			&max_stack_size, &stack_max_size_fops);