diff --git a/fs/ceph/quota.c b/fs/ceph/quota.c
index 32d4f13784ba..03f4d24db8fe 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/quota.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/quota.c
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ static bool check_quota_exceeded(struct inode *inode, enum quota_check_op op,
 		ceph_put_snap_realm(mdsc, realm);
 		realm = next;
 	}
-	ceph_put_snap_realm(mdsc, realm);
+	if (realm)
+		ceph_put_snap_realm(mdsc, realm);
 	up_read(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);
 
 	return exceeded;