1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index c25e0d27537f..fc46f5b85251 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -585,13 +585,14 @@ int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data
         struct vfs_ns_cap_data data, *nscaps = &data;
         struct vfs_cap_data *caps = (struct vfs_cap_data *) &data;
         kuid_t rootkuid;
-        struct user_namespace *fs_ns = inode->i_sb->s_user_ns;
+        struct user_namespace *fs_ns;
 
         memset(cpu_caps, 0, sizeof(struct cpu_vfs_cap_data));
 
         if (!inode)
                 return -ENODATA;
 
+        fs_ns = inode->i_sb->s_user_ns;
         size = __vfs_getxattr((struct dentry *)dentry, inode,
                               XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &data, XATTR_CAPS_SZ);
         if (size == -ENODATA || size == -EOPNOTSUPP)