Dear Chandan, Please can you check if the following patch resolves issue for your workload: diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c index 7885f071fa1e..f130b23d6850 100644 --- a/fs/fuse/dev.c +++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static struct fuse_req *fuse_get_req(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, if (for_background) __set_bit(FR_BACKGROUND, &req->flags); - if ((fm->sb->s_iflags & SB_I_NOIDMAP) || idmap) { + if (!fm->sb || (fm->sb->s_iflags & SB_I_NOIDMAP) || idmap) { kuid_t idmapped_fsuid; kgid_t idmapped_fsgid;