diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index c1c7551991e66b833f3a1ba7ab1510798bde9ed2..7886840328d0cb8783e8628ac07200cfab6217fc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -2328,9 +2328,11 @@ int ll_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		lli->lli_async_rc = 0;
 		if (rc == 0)
 			rc = err;
-		err = lov_read_and_clear_async_rc(lli->lli_clob);
-		if (rc == 0)
-			rc = err;
+		if (lli->lli_clob) {
+			err = lov_read_and_clear_async_rc(lli->lli_clob);
+			if (rc == 0)
+				rc = err;
+		}
 	}
 
 	err = md_sync(ll_i2sbi(inode)->ll_md_exp, ll_inode2fid(inode), &req);