diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/super.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/super.c
index 399847d21146..f580d4ef77a1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/super.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/super.c
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ static int erofs_read_super(struct super_block *sb,
 	 */
 err_devname:
 	dput(sb->s_root);
+	sb->s_root = NULL;
 err_iget:
 #ifdef EROFS_FS_HAS_MANAGED_CACHE
 	iput(sbi->managed_cache);