diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
index 69988af44b37..2bc27ece5cc5 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
@@ -1768,6 +1768,9 @@ BPF_CALL_2(bpf_get_local_storage, struct bpf_map *, map, u64, flags)
        ctx = container_of(current->bpf_ctx, struct bpf_cg_run_ctx, run_ctx);
        storage = ctx->prog_item->cgroup_storage[stype];
 
+       if (unlikely(!storage))
+               return (unsigned long)NULL;
+
        if (stype == BPF_CGROUP_STORAGE_SHARED)
                ptr = &READ_ONCE(storage->buf)->data[0];