diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index da73d1e183c4..eb5ae11b6010 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -3129,7 +3129,7 @@ static int fuse_file_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int a
 	struct fuse_file *ff = file->private_data;
 
 	if (fuse_is_passthrough(ff))
-		return fuse_passthrough_fadvise(ff, offset, len, advice);
+		return fuse_passthrough_fadvise(file, offset, len, advice);
 
 	return generic_fadvise(file, offset, len, advice);
 }
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 311252eef2e9..c91af283aef2 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ ssize_t fuse_passthrough_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 				      struct file *out, loff_t *ppos,
 				      size_t len, unsigned int flags);
 ssize_t fuse_passthrough_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
-int fuse_passthrough_fadvise(struct fuse_file *ff, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice);
+int fuse_passthrough_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 extern int fuse_sysctl_register(void);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/passthrough.c b/fs/fuse/passthrough.c
index 1c1cf1085c9c..0ed964c479d9 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/passthrough.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/passthrough.c
@@ -159,12 +159,16 @@ ssize_t fuse_passthrough_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return backing_file_mmap(backing_file, vma, &ctx);
 }
 
-int fuse_passthrough_fadvise(struct fuse_file *ff, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
+int fuse_passthrough_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 {
+	struct fuse_file *ff = file->private_data;
 	struct file *backing_file = fuse_file_passthrough(ff);
 	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!backing_file)
+		return generic_fadvise(file, offset, len, advice);
+
 	old_cred = override_creds(ff->cred);
 	ret = vfs_fadvise(backing_file, offset, len, advice);
 	revert_creds(old_cred);