diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index 32642634c1bb6..2378d51eb5e8c 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_read_unlock);
 int bdev_dax_pgoff(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, size_t size,
 		pgoff_t *pgoff)
 {
-	phys_addr_t phys_off = (get_start_sect(bdev) + sector) * 512;
+	sector_t start_sect = bdev ? get_start_sect(bdev) : 0;
+	phys_addr_t phys_off = (start_sect + sector) * 512;
 
 	if (pgoff)
 		*pgoff = PHYS_PFN(phys_off);