diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 199759c735196..9712083832f41 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -937,6 +937,9 @@ void ring_buffer_wake_waiters(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
 	struct rb_irq_work *rbwork;
 
+	if (!buffer)
+		return;
+
 	if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
 
 		/* Wake up individual ones too. One level recursion */
@@ -945,7 +948,15 @@ void ring_buffer_wake_waiters(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 
 		rbwork = &buffer->irq_work;
 	} else {
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!buffer->buffers))
+			return;
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu >= nr_cpu_ids))
+			return;
+
 		cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
+		/* The CPU buffer may not have been initialized yet */
+		if (!cpu_buffer)
+			return;
 		rbwork = &cpu_buffer->irq_work;
 	}