diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index 90d68760af08..777638f597aa 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -838,6 +838,9 @@ static const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr blk_mq_debugfs_ctx_attrs[] = {
 static bool debugfs_create_files(struct dentry *parent, void *data,
 				 const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr *attr)
 {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(parent))
+		return false;
+
 	d_inode(parent)->i_private = data;
 
 	for (; attr->name; attr++) {