diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 29fe4c4dc89f..d04999d7c291 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6405c9cd9bf7b1c35ed76ef8ee3e217056285702
+refs/heads/master: 838726c4756813576078203eb7e1e219db0da870
diff --git a/trunk/fs/cifs/file.c b/trunk/fs/cifs/file.c
index ff14d14903a0..cbefe1f1f9fe 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -833,6 +833,10 @@ ssize_t cifs_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *write_data,
 		return -EBADF;
 	open_file = (struct cifsFileInfo *) file->private_data;
 
+	rc = generic_write_checks(file, poffset, &write_size, 0);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
 	xid = GetXid();
 
 	if (*poffset > file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size)