diff --git a/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c b/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
index d12535b7fc78..5c90dec5db0b 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
@@ -705,6 +705,9 @@ static int make_tree_dirty(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	struct ubifs_pnode *pnode;
 
 	pnode = pnode_lookup(c, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(pnode))
+		return PTR_ERR(pnode);
+
 	while (pnode) {
 		do_make_pnode_dirty(c, pnode);
 		pnode = next_pnode_to_dirty(c, pnode);