diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index ace31ca05245..3f8677e9d8f9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 	vcpu = kvmppc_core_vcpu_create(kvm, id);
-	kvmppc_create_vcpu_debugfs(vcpu, id);
+	if (!IS_ERR(vcpu))
+		kvmppc_create_vcpu_debugfs(vcpu, id);
 	return vcpu;
 }