diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c
index 32de44ed0021..8cf67974adf6 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/super.c
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct hfs_sb_info *hsb)
 				return 0;
 			}
 			p = match_strdup(&args[0]);
-			hsb->nls_disk = load_nls(p);
+			if (p)
+				hsb->nls_disk = load_nls(p);
 			if (!hsb->nls_disk) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: unable to load codepage \"%s\"\n", p);
 				kfree(p);
@@ -311,7 +312,8 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct hfs_sb_info *hsb)
 				return 0;
 			}
 			p = match_strdup(&args[0]);
-			hsb->nls_io = load_nls(p);
+			if (p)
+				hsb->nls_io = load_nls(p);
 			if (!hsb->nls_io) {
 				printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: unable to load iocharset \"%s\"\n", p);
 				kfree(p);