diff --git a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
index 6ad6ba5f6ebeef20bcf68f2d3ae27e432dcd4d04..0fdb0de7ff861b89e90ebc43b40921f79411eef2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
@@ -1260,7 +1260,8 @@ void dfs_cache_del_vol(const char *fullpath)
 	vi = find_vol(fullpath);
 	spin_unlock(&vol_list_lock);
 
-	kref_put(&vi->refcnt, vol_release);
+	if (!IS_ERR(vi))
+		kref_put(&vi->refcnt, vol_release);
 }
 
 /**