diff --git a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
index 1096d1d3a84c4..47f2903bacb92 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
@@ -393,9 +393,11 @@ void ceph_mdsmap_destroy(struct ceph_mdsmap *m)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < m->possible_max_rank; i++)
-		kfree(m->m_info[i].export_targets);
-	kfree(m->m_info);
+	if (m->m_info) {
+		for (i = 0; i < m->possible_max_rank; i++)
+			kfree(m->m_info[i].export_targets);
+		kfree(m->m_info);
+	}
 	kfree(m->m_data_pg_pools);
 	kfree(m);
 }