diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index f4e9074..b332ff0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -1414,6 +1414,8 @@
 
 void free_ipath(struct inode_fs_paths *ipath)
 {
+	if (!ipath)
+		return;
 	kfree(ipath->fspath);
 	kfree(ipath);
 }