diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 72dddc1d1b0f..1aff3560b361 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 398499d5f3613c47f2143b8c54a04efb5d7a6da9
+refs/heads/master: fe1ff49d0d1c30254dbfc84c3786eb538e0cc7d1
diff --git a/trunk/mm/slub.c b/trunk/mm/slub.c
index 0a216aae227e..4996fc719552 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/slub.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/slub.c
@@ -3345,6 +3345,9 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size,
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *s;
 
+	if (WARN_ON(!name))
+		return NULL;
+
 	down_write(&slub_lock);
 	s = find_mergeable(size, align, flags, name, ctor);
 	if (s) {