diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 00951b855033..6eebe87a229f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6aaca566503296a73f956908ec98173946134fe2
+refs/heads/master: 27ba851244f627a302d0fc6469d1ad413fc34fcb
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/client.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/client.c
index 27f64781444a..700bd5801223 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ static void nfs_free_client(struct nfs_client *clp)
  */
 void nfs_put_client(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
+	if (!clp)
+		return;
+
 	dprintk("--> nfs_put_client({%d})\n", atomic_read(&clp->cl_count));
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&clp->cl_count, &nfs_client_lock)) {