diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c
index 900ea231f9a3..45b1c3b4e047 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c
@@ -1638,6 +1638,10 @@ xfs_refcount_recover_cow_leftovers(
 	error = xfs_alloc_read_agf(mp, tp, agno, 0, &agbp);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_trans;
+	if (!agbp) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_trans;
+	}
 	cur = xfs_refcountbt_init_cursor(mp, tp, agbp, agno, NULL);
 
 	/* Find all the leftover CoW staging extents. */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
index d9b3d57a1921..f45fbf0db9bb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ xfs_reflink_find_shared(
 	error = xfs_alloc_read_agf(mp, tp, agno, 0, &agbp);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
+	if (!agbp)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	cur = xfs_refcountbt_init_cursor(mp, tp, agbp, agno, NULL);