diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
index 95556515ded3..d24e12d348d4 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void ni_clear(struct ntfs_inode *ni)
 {
 	struct rb_node *node;
 
-	if (!ni->vfs_inode.i_nlink && is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec))
+	if (!ni->vfs_inode.i_nlink && ni->mi.mrec && is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec))
 		ni_delete_all(ni);
 
 	al_destroy(ni);