diff --git a/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h b/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h
index 3b67d5981224..e70c90116eda 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(rxrpc_client,
 		    __entry->channel = channel;
 		    __entry->usage = conn ? atomic_read(&conn->usage) : -2;
 		    __entry->op = op;
-		    __entry->cid = conn->proto.cid;
+		    __entry->cid = conn ? conn->proto.cid : 0;
 			   ),
 
 	    TP_printk("C=%08x h=%2d %s i=%08x u=%d",