diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index 7de11dcd534d6fdb171c382bf14e896ca0e6b5c3..434c9c34aeb6e12df15942f1272587f7ad087cc8 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ static inline void mapping_set_error(struct address_space *mapping, int error)
 	__filemap_set_wb_err(mapping, error);
 
 	/* Record it in superblock */
-	errseq_set(&mapping->host->i_sb->s_wb_err, error);
+	if (mapping->host)
+		errseq_set(&mapping->host->i_sb->s_wb_err, error);
 
 	/* Record it in flags for now, for legacy callers */
 	if (error == -ENOSPC)