diff --git a/fs/ceph/osd_client.c b/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
index d63f192999ee7d73509e7768eea37b30f15c6f5e..5d30d5959b973c1959aff987b51e2b18ccb38041 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -1249,11 +1249,12 @@ int ceph_osdc_writepages(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, struct ceph_vino vino,
 static void dispatch(struct ceph_connection *con, struct ceph_msg *msg)
 {
 	struct ceph_osd *osd = con->private;
-	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc = osd->o_osdc;
+	struct ceph_osd_client *osdc;
 	int type = le16_to_cpu(msg->hdr.type);
 
 	if (!osd)
 		return;
+	osdc = osd->o_osdc;
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case CEPH_MSG_OSD_MAP: