diff --git a/sys/geom/label/g_label_ntfs.c b/sys/geom/label/g_label_ntfs.c
index a16cca224516..d3722e85a0e1 100644
--- a/sys/geom/label/g_label_ntfs.c
+++ b/sys/geom/label/g_label_ntfs.c
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ g_label_ntfs_taste(struct g_consumer *cp, char *label, size_t size)
 		goto done;
 
 	filerecp = g_read_data(cp, voloff, recsize, &error);
+	if (filerecp == NULL)
+		goto done;
+
 	fr = (struct filerec *)filerecp;
 
 	if(fr->fr_fixup.fh_magic != NTFS_FILEMAGIC){