diff --git a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
index 63cbda3700ea..d65dccb44ed5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
@@ -473,6 +473,8 @@ static ssize_t ext4_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 			*((unsigned int *) ptr) = t;
 		return len;
 	case attr_clusters_in_group:
+		if (!ptr)
+			return 0;
 		ret = kstrtouint(skip_spaces(buf), 0, &t);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;