diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 83543b5ff941..8bd0ef9286c3 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int fuse_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *entry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+	if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	inode = entry->d_inode;