diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3d976c31c42d..a052cc3399dd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5b067676234715051cbde87083c36c8ea83f77b8
+refs/heads/master: a8e63bff521f0387fb4f4e486dede0e78dca8f41
diff --git a/trunk/fs/9p/v9fs.c b/trunk/fs/9p/v9fs.c
index 13bdbbab4387..82303f3bf76f 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/9p/v9fs.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/9p/v9fs.c
@@ -303,7 +303,13 @@ v9fs_session_init(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses,
 		goto SessCleanUp;
 	};
 
-	v9ses->transport = trans_proto;
+	v9ses->transport = kmalloc(sizeof(*v9ses->transport), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!v9ses->transport) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto SessCleanUp;
+	}
+
+	memmove(v9ses->transport, trans_proto, sizeof(*v9ses->transport));
 
 	if ((retval = v9ses->transport->init(v9ses, dev_name, data)) < 0) {
 		eprintk(KERN_ERR, "problem initializing transport\n");