diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 156878c95e06..63bc496d0c37 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -5642,7 +5642,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct kvm_memory_slot *new,
 				   enum kvm_mr_change change)
 {
-	if (kvm_is_ucontrol(kvm) && new->id < KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS)
+	if (kvm_is_ucontrol(kvm) && new && new->id < KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* When we are protected, we should not change the memory slots */