diff --git a/fs/nfsd/trace.h b/fs/nfsd/trace.h
index 1229502b6e9e..72aa7435d55b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/trace.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/trace.h
@@ -254,7 +254,10 @@ TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(nfsd_fh_verify_err,
 				  rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_remotelen);
 		__entry->xid = be32_to_cpu(rqstp->rq_xid);
 		__entry->fh_hash = knfsd_fh_hash(&fhp->fh_handle);
-		__entry->inode = d_inode(fhp->fh_dentry);
+		if (fhp->fh_dentry)
+			__entry->inode = d_inode(fhp->fh_dentry);
+		else
+			__entry->inode = NULL;
 		__entry->type = type;
 		__entry->access = access;
 		__entry->error = be32_to_cpu(error);