diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/arm-memlat-mon.c b/drivers/devfreq/arm-memlat-mon.c
index 2b4598ba0f0f..c5ba138e9490 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/arm-memlat-mon.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/arm-memlat-mon.c
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ static int memlat_hp_restart_events(unsigned int cpu, bool cpu_up)
 	unsigned int idx;
 	struct event_data *common_evs;
 
+	if (!attr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	if (!cpu_grp)
 		goto exit;