diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 9bafa3c7a5ff7381995b27345ab9a25f591448e6..97caf47507d08e16a3f17c87c73fcdcc8b40fd17 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -565,13 +565,17 @@ static noinline int ntfs_get_block_vbo(struct inode *inode, u64 vbo,
 	}
 
 	if (is_resident(ni)) {
-		ni_lock(ni);
-		err = attr_data_read_resident(ni, page);
-		ni_unlock(ni);
-
-		if (!err)
-			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		bh->b_size = block_size;
+		if (!page) {
+			err = 0;
+		} else {
+			ni_lock(ni);
+			err = attr_data_read_resident(ni, page);
+			ni_unlock(ni);
+
+			if (!err)
+				set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+		}
 		return err;
 	}