diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index cdb32cf8e33c..eec2d5fb676b 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7337,6 +7337,10 @@ static bool perf_addr_filter_match(struct perf_addr_filter *filter,
 				     struct file *file, unsigned long offset,
 				     unsigned long size)
 {
+	/* d_inode(NULL) won't be equal to any mapped user-space file */
+	if (!filter->path.dentry)
+		return false;
+
 	if (d_inode(filter->path.dentry) != file_inode(file))
 		return false;