Inmate Jason Price appeals the district *623 court’s 1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Upon de novo review, see Whitson v. Stone County Jail, 602 F.3d 920, 923 (8th Cir. 2010), we agree with the district court that the record does not create a jury issue on whether defendants violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to avert an attack that Price suffered at the hands of a fellow inmate, see Young v. Selk, 508 F.3d 868, 871-72 (8th Cir. 2007) (under Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, prison officials must take reasonable steps to guarantee inmate safety by protecting them from attacks by other inmates). Because we agree with the court that the record does not establish an Eighth Amendment violation, we need not address the issue of qualified immunity. See Schmidt, v. City of Bella Villa, 557 F.3d 564, 574 (8th Cir. 2009). The judgment of the district court is affirmed.