diff --git a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
index 68970b53..98a814af 100644
--- a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
+++ b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
@@ -2141,6 +2141,12 @@ open_auto_cache(fuse_req_ctx_t   *req_ctx_,
   mutex_lock(f.lock);
 
   node = get_node(ino);
+  if(not node)
+    {
+      mutex_unlock(f.lock);
+      return;
+    }
+
   if(node->is_stat_cache_valid)
     {
       int err;