diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4801d9aa3348..23d19b16a8b3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: adae0fe0ea87e8fb1a72dde304937c60759b495f
+refs/heads/master: ca138f368a36dba40d3ef4a53d64af2011cda3c7
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/write.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/write.c
index 2c68818f68ac..9b8d4d42a8af 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -682,7 +682,8 @@ static struct nfs_page *nfs_try_to_update_request(struct inode *inode,
 		req->wb_bytes = rqend - req->wb_offset;
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-	nfs_clear_request_commit(req);
+	if (req)
+		nfs_clear_request_commit(req);
 	return req;
 out_flushme:
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);