diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index f2ea85ee573f..f3aa9d02a5ab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -2349,6 +2349,9 @@ static int perf_c2c__browse_cacheline(struct hist_entry *he)
 	" s             Toggle full length of symbol and source line columns \n"
 	" q             Return back to cacheline list \n";
 
+	if (!he)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Display compact version first. */
 	c2c.symbol_full = false;