diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 5c88839bd993..06938e560ac9 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ static struct futex_hash_bucket *hash_futex(union futex_key *key)
  */
 static inline int match_futex(union futex_key *key1, union futex_key *key2)
 {
-	return (key1->both.word == key2->both.word
+	return (key1 && key2
+		&& key1->both.word == key2->both.word
 		&& key1->both.ptr == key2->both.ptr
 		&& key1->both.offset == key2->both.offset);
 }