diff --git a/lib/earlycpio.c b/lib/earlycpio.c
index 3eb3e47..db283ba 100644
--- a/lib/earlycpio.c
+++ b/lib/earlycpio.c
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@
 		if ((ch[C_MODE] & 0170000) == 0100000 &&
 		    ch[C_NAMESIZE] >= mypathsize &&
 		    !memcmp(p, path, mypathsize)) {
-			*nextoff = (long)nptr - (long)data;
+
+			if (nextoff)
+				*nextoff = (long)nptr - (long)data;
+
 			if (ch[C_NAMESIZE] - mypathsize >= MAX_CPIO_FILE_NAME) {
 				pr_warn(
 				"File %s exceeding MAX_CPIO_FILE_NAME [%d]\n",