diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6eaccec0ba6b..5bcf11fa8e9e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 340a0a01b9675a16201cc4fc4a210eb5b3bc11ce
+refs/heads/master: 3ca30d40a91fb9b9871e61d5dea2c1a895906a15
diff --git a/trunk/fs/cifs/dir.c b/trunk/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 14d602f178c2..499f27fc8576 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 static int
 cifs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+	if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	if (direntry->d_inode) {