diff --git a/kernel/src/sys/stat.cpp b/kernel/src/sys/stat.cpp
index 3820dd08..ef8eb25f 100644
--- a/kernel/src/sys/stat.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/sys/stat.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Result<u64> sys_fstatat(Registers*, SyscallArgs args)
     kstat.st_uid = inode->uid();
     kstat.st_gid = inode->gid();
     kstat.st_size = inode->size();
-    kstat.st_dev = inode->fs()->host_device_id();
+    kstat.st_dev = inode->fs() ? inode->fs()->host_device_id() : 0;
     kstat.st_rdev = inode->device_id();
 
     if (!MemoryManager::copy_to_user_typed(st, &kstat)) return err(EFAULT);