diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 3b12cf947aba1e3516a6072584bf29d9d4e28fe1..665db84a1f9febadd9c71a9179aefe124a858424 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2917,7 +2917,7 @@ drop_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head **buffers_to_free)
 
 	bh = head;
 	do {
-		if (buffer_write_io_error(bh))
+		if (buffer_write_io_error(bh) && page->mapping)
 			set_bit(AS_EIO, &page->mapping->flags);
 		if (buffer_busy(bh))
 			goto failed;