diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index ba701e65446562c6941947921799d6737b71e9fa..20c074f9b11f77e83600307301cadb85976e3535 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -898,6 +898,9 @@ static const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr blk_mq_debugfs_ctx_attrs[] = {
 static bool debugfs_create_files(struct dentry *parent, void *data,
 				 const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr *attr)
 {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(parent))
+		return false;
+
 	d_inode(parent)->i_private = data;
 
 	for (; attr->name; attr++) {