diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
index 044fb0e15390c..f6586691d9893 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
@@ -279,7 +279,14 @@ static inline __uint64_t howmany_64(__uint64_t x, __uint32_t y)
 #endif /* DEBUG */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_RT
-#define XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip) ((ip)->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_REALTIME)
+
+/*
+ * make sure we ignore the inode flag if the filesystem doesn't have a
+ * configured realtime device.
+ */
+#define XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip)			\
+	(((ip)->i_d.di_flags & XFS_DIFLAG_REALTIME) &&	\
+	 (ip)->i_mount->m_rtdev_targp)
 #else
 #define XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip) (0)
 #endif