diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 74440af59f3554d75afefd0f265ded355077ef31..240c627bc0c6619a55423428eec4c7b941365acf 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -907,7 +907,8 @@ SMB2_tcon(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_ses *ses, const char *tree,
 tcon_error_exit:
 	if (rsp->hdr.Status == STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME) {
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "BAD_NETWORK_NAME: %s\n", tree);
-		tcon->bad_network_name = true;
+		if (tcon)
+			tcon->bad_network_name = true;
 	}
 	goto tcon_exit;
 }