diff --git a/mm/list_lru.c b/mm/list_lru.c
index 1d05cb9d363d0bfadd6a9c58efccd0551d0bd7f2..234676e31edd3b0609014a3adcf4fb4e200a0c0e 100644
--- a/mm/list_lru.c
+++ b/mm/list_lru.c
@@ -554,6 +554,8 @@ int __list_lru_init(struct list_lru *lru, bool memcg_aware,
 	err = memcg_init_list_lru(lru, memcg_aware);
 	if (err) {
 		kfree(lru->node);
+		/* Do this so a list_lru_destroy() doesn't crash: */
+		lru->node = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}