diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c
index 61cb5ff2cc22..c1eef6198b25 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c
@@ -322,11 +322,14 @@ static struct dentry *ll_get_parent(struct dentry *dchild)
 		return ERR_PTR(rc);
 	}
 	body = req_capsule_server_get(&req->rq_pill, &RMF_MDT_BODY);
-	LASSERT(body->valid & OBD_MD_FLID);
-
-	CDEBUG(D_INFO, "parent for " DFID " is " DFID "\n",
-	       PFID(ll_inode2fid(dir)), PFID(&body->fid1));
-
+	/*
+	 * LU-3952: MDT may lost the FID of its parent, we should not crash
+	 * the NFS server, ll_iget_for_nfs() will handle the error.
+	 */
+	if (body->valid & OBD_MD_FLID) {
+		CDEBUG(D_INFO, "parent for " DFID " is " DFID "\n",
+		       PFID(ll_inode2fid(dir)), PFID(&body->fid1));
+	}
 	result = ll_iget_for_nfs(dir->i_sb, &body->fid1, NULL);
 
 	ptlrpc_req_finished(req);