diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e39e322eebfc..120a260e6565 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 19fb518c2a0c5d88ed22bba7083b7e7bc2a9c231
+refs/heads/master: 79b3feffb10417f197d2ab48dd4fa3c0c9e7d788
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c b/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
index bedda18f37a5..290cf770b712 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static void yield_task_fair(struct rq *rq)
 	/*
 	 * Already in the rightmost position?
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(rightmost->vruntime < se->vruntime))
+	if (unlikely(!rightmost || rightmost->vruntime < se->vruntime))
 		return;
 
 	/*