diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c
index 63b5b435bd3a..ba223736237e 100644
--- a/drivers/of/unittest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c
@@ -795,11 +795,13 @@ static void __init of_unittest_property_copy(void)
 
 	new = __of_prop_dup(&p1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	unittest(new && propcmp(&p1, new), "empty property didn't copy correctly\n");
-	__of_prop_free(new);
+	if (new)
+		__of_prop_free(new);
 
 	new = __of_prop_dup(&p2, GFP_KERNEL);
 	unittest(new && propcmp(&p2, new), "non-empty property didn't copy correctly\n");
-	__of_prop_free(new);
+	if (new)
+		__of_prop_free(new);
 #endif
 }