diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
index 7aa1c7a3a115..8add2e14aab1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ struct btrfs_root *btrfs_alloc_dummy_root(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
  */
 static inline struct btrfs_root *btrfs_grab_fs_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
+	if (!root)
+		return NULL;
 	if (refcount_inc_not_zero(&root->refs))
 		return root;
 	return NULL;
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ static inline struct btrfs_root *btrfs_grab_fs_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 
 static inline void btrfs_put_fs_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
+	if (!root)
+		return;
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&root->refs))
 		kfree(root);
 }