diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt-trace.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt-trace.h
index 7738e2676855..33bf6215d26c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt-trace.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-clt-trace.h
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(rtrs_clt_conn_class,
 		__entry->max_reconnect_attempts = clt->max_reconnect_attempts;
 		__entry->fail_cnt = clt_path->stats->reconnects.fail_cnt;
 		__entry->success_cnt = clt_path->stats->reconnects.successful_cnt;
-		memcpy(__entry->sessname, kobject_name(&clt_path->kobj), NAME_MAX);
+		if (kobject_name(&clt_path->kobj))
+			memcpy(__entry->sessname, kobject_name(&clt_path->kobj), NAME_MAX);
 	),
 
 	TP_printk("RTRS-CLT: sess='%s' state=%s attempts='%d' max-attempts='%d' fail='%d' success='%d'",