diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/stree.c b/fs/reiserfs/stree.c
index da9ebe33882b733c420a110d0af57514a9fb9d7e..bb4973aefbb186c60be15e924e6c0cb695c2a2e7 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/stree.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/stree.c
@@ -2246,7 +2246,8 @@ int reiserfs_insert_item(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 	/* also releases the path */
 	unfix_nodes(&s_ins_balance);
 #ifdef REISERQUOTA_DEBUG
-	reiserfs_debug(th->t_super, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE,
+	if (inode)
+		reiserfs_debug(th->t_super, REISERFS_DEBUG_CODE,
 		       "reiserquota insert_item(): freeing %u id=%u type=%c",
 		       quota_bytes, inode->i_uid, head2type(ih));
 #endif