diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
index 70a80f9412f7..e55bbd209ef8 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
@@ -3243,6 +3243,9 @@ int ni_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int sync, const char *hint)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!ni->mi.mrec)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec) &&
 	    !(sbi->flags & NTFS_FLAGS_LOG_REPLAYING) && inode->i_nlink) {
 		bool modified = false;