diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 086aaca20fd3..6ec561d293d0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1b71fe2efa31cd18c865db474a4cd473b6ab5281
+refs/heads/master: a803b8067e317832d6a251c5b0486e36a4f81922
diff --git a/trunk/fs/exofs/super.c b/trunk/fs/exofs/super.c
index 06065bd37fc3..c57beddcc217 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/exofs/super.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/exofs/super.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ struct dentry *exofs_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 	unsigned long ino = exofs_parent_ino(child);
 
 	if (!ino)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 
 	return d_obtain_alias(exofs_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
 }