diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/module.c b/arch/s390/kernel/module.c
index 639380a0c45c..22cfd634c355 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/module.c
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 /* Free memory returned from module_alloc */
 void module_free(struct module *mod, void *module_region)
 {
-	vfree(mod->arch.syminfo);
-	mod->arch.syminfo = NULL;
+	if (mod) {
+		vfree(mod->arch.syminfo);
+		mod->arch.syminfo = NULL;
+	}
 	vfree(module_region);
 }