diff --git a/lib/radix-tree.c b/lib/radix-tree.c
index 70d677820740..d172f0341b80 100644
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c
+++ b/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -2037,10 +2037,12 @@ void *radix_tree_delete_item(struct radix_tree_root *root,
 			     unsigned long index, void *item)
 {
 	struct radix_tree_node *node = NULL;
-	void __rcu **slot;
+	void __rcu **slot = NULL;
 	void *entry;
 
 	entry = __radix_tree_lookup(root, index, &node, &slot);
+	if (!slot)
+		return NULL;
 	if (!entry && (!is_idr(root) || node_tag_get(root, node, IDR_FREE,
 						get_slot_offset(node, slot))))
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c b/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c
index 30cd0b296f1a..8e61aad0ca3f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/idr-test.c
@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ void idr_checks(void)
 	idr_remove(&idr, 3);
 	idr_remove(&idr, 0);
 
+	assert(idr_alloc(&idr, DUMMY_PTR, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL) == 0);
+	idr_remove(&idr, 1);
+	for (i = 1; i < RADIX_TREE_MAP_SIZE; i++)
+		assert(idr_alloc(&idr, DUMMY_PTR, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL) == i);
+	idr_remove(&idr, 1 << 30);
+	idr_destroy(&idr);
+
 	for (i = INT_MAX - 3UL; i < INT_MAX + 1UL; i++) {
 		struct item *item = item_create(i, 0);
 		assert(idr_alloc(&idr, item, i, i + 10, GFP_KERNEL) == i);