diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bc9ee75778d9..5a2ef7138f63 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6d9c85eb700bd3ac59e63bb9de463dea1aca084c
+refs/heads/master: 32a9bb57d7c1fd04ae0f72b8f671501f000a0e9f
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ext4/super.c b/trunk/fs/ext4/super.c
index 33c398785e53..bd6e86aa82aa 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3521,17 +3521,16 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (IS_ERR(root)) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "get root inode failed");
 		ret = PTR_ERR(root);
+		root = NULL;
 		goto failed_mount4;
 	}
 	if (!S_ISDIR(root->i_mode) || !root->i_blocks || !root->i_size) {
-		iput(root);
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "corrupt root inode, run e2fsck");
 		goto failed_mount4;
 	}
 	sb->s_root = d_alloc_root(root);
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "get root dentry failed");
-		iput(root);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto failed_mount4;
 	}
@@ -3647,6 +3646,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	goto failed_mount;
 
 failed_mount4:
+	iput(root);
+	sb->s_root = NULL;
 	ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "mount failed");
 	destroy_workqueue(EXT4_SB(sb)->dio_unwritten_wq);
 failed_mount_wq: