diff --git a/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_core.c b/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_core.c
index 0fee2cbaaf53..753d85bdfad0 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_core.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_core.c
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ struct bpf_prog *bpf_int_jit_compile(struct bpf_prog *prog)
 
 	if (i == NR_JIT_ITERATIONS) {
 		pr_err("bpf-jit: image did not converge in <%d passes!\n", i);
-		bpf_jit_binary_free(jit_data->header);
+		if (jit_data->header)
+			bpf_jit_binary_free(jit_data->header);
 		prog = orig_prog;
 		goto out_offset;
 	}