diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c
index 3b773aaf9d05..9c184e93f50c 100644
--- a/drivers/of/unittest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c
@@ -804,11 +804,13 @@ 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
 }