diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 9d877b2e5c12..1c6ee01c6796 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -1645,6 +1645,8 @@ static int fuse_fill_super_submount(struct super_block *sb,
 	fuse_fill_attr_from_inode(&root_attr, parent_fi);
 	root = fuse_iget(sb, parent_fi->nodeid, 0, &root_attr, 0, 0,
 			 fuse_get_evict_ctr(fm->fc));
+	if (!root)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	/*
 	 * This inode is just a duplicate, so it is not looked up and
 	 * its nlookup should not be incremented.  fuse_iget() does