diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ae7dc8b55a43..d91280f44bfe 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 558724a5b2a73ad0c7638e21e8dffc419d267b6c
+refs/heads/master: deadcfc3324410726cd6a663fb4fc46be595abe7
diff --git a/trunk/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c b/trunk/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
index 589d686f0b4c..dc3fd5d44464 100644
--- a/trunk/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
+++ b/trunk/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ nfnl_acct_new(struct sock *nfnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	acct_name = nla_data(tb[NFACCT_NAME]);
+	if (strlen(acct_name) == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(nfacct, &nfnl_acct_list, head) {
 		if (strncmp(nfacct->name, acct_name, NFACCT_NAME_MAX) != 0)