diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index a0393f9a0a74..6ea3b1dfff14 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3888,8 +3888,8 @@ static void test_can_verify(void)
 void trace_check_vprintf(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *fmt,
 			 va_list ap)
 {
-	long text_delta = iter->tr->text_delta;
-	long data_delta = iter->tr->data_delta;
+	long text_delta = 0;
+	long data_delta = 0;
 	const char *p = fmt;
 	const char *str;
 	bool good;
@@ -3901,6 +3901,17 @@ void trace_check_vprintf(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *fmt,
 	if (static_branch_unlikely(&trace_no_verify))
 		goto print;
 
+	/*
+	 * When the kernel is booted with the tp_printk command line
+	 * parameter, trace events go directly through to printk().
+	 * It also is checked by this function, but it does not
+	 * have an associated trace_array (tr) for it.
+	 */
+	if (iter->tr) {
+		text_delta = iter->tr->text_delta;
+		data_delta = iter->tr->data_delta;
+	}
+
 	/* Don't bother checking when doing a ftrace_dump() */
 	if (iter->fmt == static_fmt_buf)
 		goto print;