diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index c25e0d27537f87ea7d7d216b9448f47b83e26608..fc46f5b85251049265a53929e37d5822240a64e3 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -585,13 +585,14 @@ int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data
 	struct vfs_ns_cap_data data, *nscaps = &data;
 	struct vfs_cap_data *caps = (struct vfs_cap_data *) &data;
 	kuid_t rootkuid;
-	struct user_namespace *fs_ns = inode->i_sb->s_user_ns;
+	struct user_namespace *fs_ns;
 
 	memset(cpu_caps, 0, sizeof(struct cpu_vfs_cap_data));
 
 	if (!inode)
 		return -ENODATA;
 
+	fs_ns = inode->i_sb->s_user_ns;
 	size = __vfs_getxattr((struct dentry *)dentry, inode,
 			      XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &data, XATTR_CAPS_SZ);
 	if (size == -ENODATA || size == -EOPNOTSUPP)