diff --git a/fs/afs/callback.c b/fs/afs/callback.c
index dd7a407ea368..74853e0d0435 100644
--- a/fs/afs/callback.c
+++ b/fs/afs/callback.c
@@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ static void afs_break_some_callbacks(struct afs_server *server,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	volume = afs_lookup_volume_rcu(server->cell, vid);
-	if (cbb->fid.vnode == 0 && cbb->fid.unique == 0) {
+	if (!volume) {
+		/* Ignore breaks on unknown volumes. */
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		*_count = 0;
+	} else if (cbb->fid.vnode == 0 && cbb->fid.unique == 0) {
 		afs_break_volume_callback(server, volume);
 		*_count -= 1;
 		if (*_count)