diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index 9d7275fb541ad422b171cbe0ee43335e3e1efc27..6e702fc69a83cb27f6bc1792d4871ad18d708f71 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -779,6 +779,10 @@ static void dm_old_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
 		int srcu_idx;
 		struct dm_table *map = dm_get_live_table(md, &srcu_idx);
 
+		if (unlikely(!map)) {
+			dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
+			return;
+		}
 		ti = dm_table_find_target(map, pos);
 		dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
 	}