diff --git a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_device.c b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_device.c
--- a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_device.c
+++ b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_device.c
@@ -550,6 +550,13 @@
 	} else if (ohead.unique == 0){
 		/* unique == 0 means asynchronous notification */
 		SDT_PROBE1(fusefs, , device, fuse_device_write_notify, &ohead);
+		if (data->mp == NULL) {
+			SDT_PROBE2(fusefs, , device, trace, 1,
+				"asynchronous notification before mount"
+				" or after unmount");
+			return (EXTERROR(ENODEV,
+				"This FUSE session is not mounted"));
+		}
 		mp = data->mp;
 		vfs_ref(mp);
 		err = vfs_busy(mp, 0);
diff --git a/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/mockfs.hh b/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/mockfs.hh
--- a/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/mockfs.hh
+++ b/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/mockfs.hh
@@ -390,8 +390,10 @@
 	 * @param	parent	Parent directory's inode number
 	 * @param	name	name of dirent to invalidate
 	 * @param	namelen	size of name, including the NUL
+	 * @param	expected_errno The error that write() should return
 	 */
-	int notify_inval_entry(ino_t parent, const char *name, size_t namelen);
+	int notify_inval_entry(ino_t parent, const char *name, size_t namelen,
+			int expected_errno = 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * Send an asynchronous notification to invalidate an inode's cached
diff --git a/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/mockfs.cc b/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/mockfs.cc
--- a/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/mockfs.cc
+++ b/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/mockfs.cc
@@ -827,10 +827,12 @@
 	}
 }
 
-int MockFS::notify_inval_entry(ino_t parent, const char *name, size_t namelen)
+int MockFS::notify_inval_entry(ino_t parent, const char *name, size_t namelen,
+		int expected_errno)
 {
 	std::unique_ptr<mockfs_buf_out> out(new mockfs_buf_out);
 
+	out->expected_errno = expected_errno;
 	out->header.unique = 0;	/* 0 means asynchronous notification */
 	out->header.error = FUSE_NOTIFY_INVAL_ENTRY;
 	out->body.inval_entry.parent = parent;
diff --git a/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/notify.cc b/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/notify.cc
--- a/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/notify.cc
+++ b/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/notify.cc
@@ -385,6 +385,27 @@
 	leak(fd);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Attempting to invalidate an entry or inode after unmounting should fail, but
+ * nothing bad should happen.
+ * https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=290519
+ */
+TEST_F(Notify, notify_after_unmount)
+{
+	const static char *name = "foo";
+	struct inval_entry_args iea;
+
+	expect_destroy(0);
+
+	m_mock->unmount();
+
+	iea.mock = m_mock;
+	iea.parent = FUSE_ROOT_ID;
+	iea.name = name;
+	iea.namelen = strlen(name);
+	iea.mock->notify_inval_entry(iea.parent, iea.name, iea.namelen, ENODEV);
+}
+
 /* FUSE_NOTIFY_STORE with a file that's not in the entry cache */
 /* disabled because FUSE_NOTIFY_STORE is not yet implemented */
 TEST_F(Notify, DISABLED_store_nonexistent)
diff --git a/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/pre-init.cc b/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/pre-init.cc
--- a/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/pre-init.cc
+++ b/tests/sys/fs/fusefs/pre-init.cc
@@ -224,3 +224,38 @@
 }
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(PI, PreInitP, Bool());
+
+/*
+ * Attempting asynchronous invalidation of a cached name before mounting the
+ * file system should fail, but nothing bad should happen.
+ *
+ * Note that invalidating an inode before mount goes through the same path, and
+ * is not separately tested.
+ *
+ * https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=290519
+ */
+TEST(PreMount, inval_entry_before_mount)
+{
+	const static char name[] = "foo";
+	size_t namelen = strlen(name);
+	struct mockfs_buf_out *out;
+	int r;
+	int fuse_fd;
+
+	fuse_fd = open("/dev/fuse", O_CLOEXEC | O_RDWR);
+	ASSERT_GE(fuse_fd, 0) << strerror(errno);
+
+	out = new mockfs_buf_out;
+	out->header.unique = 0;	/* 0 means asynchronous notification */
+	out->header.error = FUSE_NOTIFY_INVAL_ENTRY;
+	out->body.inval_entry.parent = FUSE_ROOT_ID;
+	out->body.inval_entry.namelen = namelen;
+	strlcpy((char*)&out->body.bytes + sizeof(out->body.inval_entry),
+		name, sizeof(out->body.bytes) - sizeof(out->body.inval_entry));
+	out->header.len = sizeof(out->header) + sizeof(out->body.inval_entry) +
+		namelen;
+	r = write(fuse_fd, out, out->header.len);
+	EXPECT_EQ(-1, r);
+	EXPECT_EQ(ENODEV, errno);
+	delete out;
+}