diff --git a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
index 43bbe63e2992..06b513d192b9 100644
--- a/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/s390/hypfs/inode.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static void hypfs_kill_super(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	if (sb->s_root)
 		hypfs_delete_tree(sb->s_root);
-	if (sb_info->update_file)
+	if (sb_info && sb_info->update_file)
 		hypfs_remove(sb_info->update_file);
 	kfree(sb->s_fs_info);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;