diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 3c231adf8450..9e28356a959a 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1877,8 +1877,9 @@ static struct dentry *proc_map_files_lookup(struct inode *dir,
 	if (!vma)
 		goto out_no_vma;
 
-	result = proc_map_files_instantiate(dir, dentry, task,
-			(void *)(unsigned long)vma->vm_file->f_mode);
+	if (vma->vm_file)
+		result = proc_map_files_instantiate(dir, dentry, task,
+				(void *)(unsigned long)vma->vm_file->f_mode);
 
 out_no_vma:
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);