1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index ddb0f0ecda6c..8f0706210a47 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3491,7 +3491,7 @@ static struct inode *btrfs_new_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
         inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
 
-        if (dir->i_mode & S_ISGID) {
+        if (dir && (dir->i_mode & S_ISGID)) {
                 inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
                 if (S_ISDIR(mode))
                         mode |= S_ISGID;