diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index d29992f7dc63..5556e9ea2a4b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2438,6 +2438,10 @@ static int btrfs_search_path_in_tree_user(struct inode *inode,
 			}
 
 			temp_inode = btrfs_iget(sb, &key2, root, NULL);
+			if (IS_ERR(temp_inode)) {
+				ret = PTR_ERR(temp_inode);
+				goto out;
+			}
 			ret = inode_permission(temp_inode, MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC);
 			iput(temp_inode);
 			if (ret) {