diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.c b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
index 987eb5b6782a..b01f382ce8db 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
@@ -945,16 +945,20 @@ void ubifs_dump_tnc(struct ubifs_info *c)
 
 	pr_err("\n");
 	pr_err("(pid %d) start dumping TNC tree\n", current->pid);
-	znode = ubifs_tnc_levelorder_next(c, c->zroot.znode, NULL);
-	level = znode->level;
-	pr_err("== Level %d ==\n", level);
-	while (znode) {
-		if (level != znode->level) {
-			level = znode->level;
-			pr_err("== Level %d ==\n", level);
+	if (c->zroot.znode) {
+		znode = ubifs_tnc_levelorder_next(c, c->zroot.znode, NULL);
+		level = znode->level;
+		pr_err("== Level %d ==\n", level);
+		while (znode) {
+			if (level != znode->level) {
+				level = znode->level;
+				pr_err("== Level %d ==\n", level);
+			}
+			ubifs_dump_znode(c, znode);
+			znode = ubifs_tnc_levelorder_next(c, c->zroot.znode, znode);
 		}
-		ubifs_dump_znode(c, znode);
-		znode = ubifs_tnc_levelorder_next(c, c->zroot.znode, znode);
+	} else {
+		pr_err("empty TNC tree in memory\n");
 	}
 	pr_err("(pid %d) finish dumping TNC tree\n", current->pid);
 }