diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4cdc01ec8c5b..d235dc173676 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 85705524258f93a6086c3247a58f34a661b82b3d
+refs/heads/master: 55162dec9371a6f6ac63ff546c182cc6144a649e
diff --git a/trunk/fs/cifs/misc.c b/trunk/fs/cifs/misc.c
index 9ee3f689c2b0..7c3f4b9230d7 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ sesInfoFree(struct cifsSesInfo *buf_to_free)
 	kfree(buf_to_free->serverOS);
 	kfree(buf_to_free->serverDomain);
 	kfree(buf_to_free->serverNOS);
-	kfree(buf_to_free->password);
+	if (buf_to_free->password) {
+		memset(buf_to_free->password, 0, strlen(buf_to_free->password));
+		kfree(buf_to_free->password);
+	}
 	kfree(buf_to_free->domainName);
 	kfree(buf_to_free);
 }