diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 337b20e946f6..fe1a069fb595 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ void page_cache_sync_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
 		return;
 
 	/* be dumb */
-	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM) {
+	if (filp && (filp->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM)) {
 		force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size);
 		return;
 	}