diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9a97fa73683f..c976b6185237 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 84e28a307e376f271505af65a7b7e212dd6f61f4
+refs/heads/master: e8d920c58ddb45126e1b306854f6e34b88446baf
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
index 017b4b01a69c..398d5fd74157 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ struct rpc_clnt *nfs4_create_sec_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct inode *ino
 		return clone;
 
 	auth = rpcauth_create(flavor, clone);
-	if (!auth) {
+	if (IS_ERR(auth)) {
 		rpc_shutdown_client(clone);
 		clone = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 	}
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 1e50326d00dd..ddfebb128017 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@ static int nfs4_lookup_root_sec(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandl
 	int ret;
 
 	auth = rpcauth_create(flavor, server->client);
-	if (!auth) {
+	if (IS_ERR(auth)) {
 		ret = -EIO;
 		goto out;
 	}