diff --git a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
index abd9af7727ad3..3c444b9cb17b8 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c
@@ -394,9 +394,11 @@ 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);
 }