diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 536e60c6ade3cb..7fec0c68b744b9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ int btrfs_rm_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, const char *device_path,
 
 	if (IS_ERR(device)) {
 		if (PTR_ERR(device) == -ENOENT &&
-		    strcmp(device_path, "missing") == 0)
+		    device_path && strcmp(device_path, "missing") == 0)
 			ret = BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_MISSING_NOT_FOUND;
 		else
 			ret = PTR_ERR(device);