diff --git a/lib/reduce/reduce.c b/lib/reduce/reduce.c
index 9c3c5dfc3..5cddc39ee 100644
--- a/lib/reduce/reduce.c
+++ b/lib/reduce/reduce.c
@@ -371,7 +371,10 @@ _init_load_cleanup(struct spdk_reduce_vol *vol, struct reduce_init_load_ctx *ctx
 	}
 
 	if (vol != NULL) {
-		pmem_unmap(vol->pm_file.pm_buf, vol->pm_file.size);
+		if (vol->pm_file.pm_buf != NULL) {
+			pmem_unmap(vol->pm_file.pm_buf, vol->pm_file.size);
+		}
+
 		spdk_dma_free(vol->backing_super);
 		spdk_bit_array_free(&vol->allocated_chunk_maps);
 		spdk_bit_array_free(&vol->allocated_backing_io_units);