diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index d37fad91c8da..8fefb69e1f84 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1156,8 +1156,10 @@ void lock_two_inodes(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2,
  */
 void lock_two_nondirectories(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2)
 {
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(S_ISDIR(inode1->i_mode));
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(S_ISDIR(inode2->i_mode));
+	if (inode1)
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(S_ISDIR(inode1->i_mode));
+	if (inode2)
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(S_ISDIR(inode2->i_mode));
 	lock_two_inodes(inode1, inode2, I_MUTEX_NORMAL, I_MUTEX_NONDIR2);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_two_nondirectories);