diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1a88f4253cad..8e322c7560f5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 27d630ece08ae15e35d54201665c247a9fae584c
+refs/heads/master: dd08d6ea443abafe9455997d2889719364b8794b
diff --git a/trunk/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c b/trunk/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
index 177f81608cfb..0d1e8fb83b93 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sunrpc/svcauth_unix.c
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ struct auth_domain *unix_domain_find(char *name)
 			return NULL;
 		kref_init(&new->h.ref);
 		new->h.name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (new->h.name == NULL) {
+			kfree(new);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		new->h.flavour = &svcauth_unix;
 		new->addr_changes = 0;
 		rv = auth_domain_lookup(name, &new->h);