diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index 86b2a82da546..54e353c9f919 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(writeback_folio_template,
 		strscpy_pad(__entry->name,
 			    bdi_dev_name(mapping ? inode_to_bdi(mapping->host) :
 					 NULL), 32);
-		__entry->ino = mapping ? mapping->host->i_ino : 0;
+		__entry->ino = (mapping && mapping->host) ? mapping->host->i_ino : 0;
 		__entry->index = folio->index;
 	),