diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 9e53673e5542..469d9000b51e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -318,13 +318,18 @@ static int f2fs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 static void *f2fs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct page *page;
+	char *link;
 
 	page = page_follow_link_light(dentry, nd);
 	if (IS_ERR(page))
 		return page;
 
+	link = nd_get_link(nd);
+	if (IS_ERR(link))
+		return link;
+
 	/* this is broken symlink case */
-	if (*nd_get_link(nd) == 0) {
+	if (*link == 0) {
 		kunmap(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);