diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 6e816c9349a..63625ab3f1e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -3890,7 +3890,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_begin(const struct kiocb *iocb,
 	block_t blkaddr = NULL_ADDR;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DONTCACHE)
+	if (iocb && iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DONTCACHE)
 		fgp_flags |= FGP_DONTCACHE;
 
 	trace_f2fs_write_begin(inode, pos, len);