diff --git a/fs/btrfs/print-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/print-tree.c
index fb2605d998e9..f38e452486b8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/print-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/print-tree.c
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ static void print_extent_ref_v0(struct extent_buffer *eb, int slot)
 void btrfs_print_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root, struct extent_buffer *l)
 {
 	int i;
-	u32 type;
-	u32 nr = btrfs_header_nritems(l);
+	u32 type, nr;
 	struct btrfs_item *item;
 	struct btrfs_root_item *ri;
 	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
@@ -172,6 +171,11 @@ void btrfs_print_leaf(struct btrfs_root *root, struct extent_buffer *l)
 	struct btrfs_key key;
 	struct btrfs_key found_key;
 
+	if (!l)
+		return;
+
+	nr = btrfs_header_nritems(l);
+
 	printk(KERN_INFO "leaf %llu total ptrs %d free space %d\n",
 		(unsigned long long)btrfs_header_bytenr(l), nr,
 		btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, l));