diff --git a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
index a4deacc6f78c..ba8d5f5dbeb0 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
@@ -1431,6 +1431,9 @@ static int virtio_fs_get_tree(struct fs_context *fsc)
 	unsigned int virtqueue_size;
 	int err = -EIO;
 
+	if (!fsc->source)
+		return invalf(fsc, "No source specified");
+
 	/* This gets a reference on virtio_fs object. This ptr gets installed
 	 * in fc->iq->priv. Once fuse_conn is going away, it calls ->put()
 	 * to drop the reference to this object.