diff --git a/components/dfs/filesystems/ramfs/dfs_ramfs.c b/components/dfs/filesystems/ramfs/dfs_ramfs.c
index ea9c086cfa20a0f0ee0c6385b9b65c975d848bc7..e877e921d25ba67004c87d1661789e77b7ec251b 100644
--- a/components/dfs/filesystems/ramfs/dfs_ramfs.c
+++ b/components/dfs/filesystems/ramfs/dfs_ramfs.c
@@ -311,12 +311,13 @@ int dfs_ramfs_getdents(struct dfs_fd *file,
     struct dfs_ramfs *ramfs;
 
     dirent = (struct ramfs_dirent *)file->data;
-    if (dirent != &(ramfs->root))
-        return -EINVAL;
 
     ramfs  = dirent->fs;
     RT_ASSERT(ramfs != RT_NULL);
 
+    if (dirent != &(ramfs->root))
+        return -EINVAL;
+
     /* make integer count */
     count = (count / sizeof(struct dirent));
     if (count == 0)