diff --git a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
index 7d5f73c4..c26453dd 100644
--- a/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
+++ b/vendored/libfuse/lib/fuse.cpp
@@ -2108,7 +2108,9 @@ fuse_lib_create(fuse_req_t            *req_,
   if(!err)
     {
       mutex_lock(f.lock);
-      get_node(e.ino)->open_count++;
+      node_t *node = get_node(e.ino);
+      if(node)
+        node->open_count++;
       mutex_unlock(f.lock);
 
       if(fuse_reply_create(req_,&e,&ffi) == -ENOENT)