diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c
index e17016163542db..d71cb63cdea367 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c
@@ -1640,6 +1640,10 @@ xfs_refcount_recover_cow_leftovers(
 	error = xfs_alloc_read_agf(mp, tp, agno, 0, &agbp);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_trans;
+	if (!agbp) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_trans;
+	}
 	cur = xfs_refcountbt_init_cursor(mp, tp, agbp, agno, NULL);
 
 	/* Find all the leftover CoW staging extents. */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
index 350fc64441b186..0015c19c745512 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ xfs_reflink_find_shared(
 	error = xfs_alloc_read_agf(mp, NULL, agno, 0, &agbp);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
+	if (!agbp)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	cur = xfs_refcountbt_init_cursor(mp, NULL, agbp, agno, NULL);