diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
index bc741213ad84..29fd76d94c74 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		__putname(uni);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Check for a null pointer
+	 * If the MFT record of ntfs inode is not a base record, inode->i_op can be NULL.
+	 * This causes null pointer dereference in d_splice_alias().
+	 */
+	if (!IS_ERR(inode) && inode->i_op == NULL) {
+		iput(inode);
+		inode = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }