diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
index 05a831427bc7..56a0fed30c0a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int sched_domain_debug_one(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu, int level,
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, sched_domain_span(sd))) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ERROR: domain->span does not contain CPU%d\n", cpu);
 	}
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, sched_group_span(group))) {
+	if (group && !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, sched_group_span(group))) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ERROR: domain->groups does not contain CPU%d\n", cpu);
 	}