diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grutlbpurge.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grutlbpurge.c
index 2129274ef7ab..757a8e9aabdb 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grutlbpurge.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grutlbpurge.c
@@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ struct gru_mm_struct *gru_register_mmu_notifier(void)
 				goto error;
 		}
 	}
-	gru_dbg(grudev, "gms %p, refcnt %d\n", gms,
-		atomic_read(&gms->ms_refcnt));
+	if (gms)
+		gru_dbg(grudev, "gms %p, refcnt %d\n", gms,
+			atomic_read(&gms->ms_refcnt));
 	return gms;
 error:
 	kfree(gms);