diff --git a/fs/hmdfs/inode_local.c b/fs/hmdfs/inode_local.c
index 06b0235db8c189e63c4cb73dbe8b9723501b1b9f..a6dff05efb0e376b154437aa9a836bb49f7c47eb 100644
--- a/fs/hmdfs/inode_local.c
+++ b/fs/hmdfs/inode_local.c
@@ -913,6 +913,10 @@ static int hmdfs_getattr_local(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 	struct path lower_path;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (path->dentry == NULL || hmdfs_d(path->dentry) == NULL) {
+		hmdfs_err("dentry is NULL");
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
 	hmdfs_get_lower_path(path->dentry, &lower_path);
 	ret = vfs_getattr(&lower_path, stat, request_mask, flags);
 	stat->ino = d_inode(path->dentry)->i_ino;