1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 98513c8ed589..7602783d7f41 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
         if (ret < 0)
                 mlog_errno(ret);
 
-        if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
+        if (file && (file->f_flags & O_SYNC))
                 handle->h_sync = 1;
 
         ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);