diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index d116453b0276634fabb32ee96df9cf96ce9cb25a..79a5941c2474622d7888c8e8c3bc925eabdb77e1 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -585,7 +585,8 @@ struct dentry *devpts_pty_new(struct pts_fs_info *fsi, int index, void *priv)
  */
 void *devpts_get_priv(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(dentry->d_sb->s_magic != DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC);
+	if (dentry->d_sb->s_magic != DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC)
+		return NULL;
 	return dentry->d_fsdata;
 }