diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index fd6a07c..06537d2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 	vaf.va = &args;
 
 	errstr = btrfs_decode_error(errno, nbuf);
-	if (fs_info->mount_opt & BTRFS_MOUNT_PANIC_ON_FATAL_ERROR)
+	if (fs_info && (fs_info->mount_opt & BTRFS_MOUNT_PANIC_ON_FATAL_ERROR))
 		panic(KERN_CRIT "BTRFS panic (device %s) in %s:%d: %pV (%s)\n",
 			s_id, function, line, &vaf, errstr);