diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d3357769b7b3..cc1a924f6784 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d8c8a9e36560e9ff4c99279d64ce5dd0e1a33fa6
+refs/heads/master: fb786100f7c75e154e63d0f5a2982e6d46dfb602
diff --git a/trunk/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/trunk/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index 67c4bc704c5a..cb50f4ae5eef 100644
--- a/trunk/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/trunk/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ static void p9_virtio_close(struct p9_client *client)
 	struct virtio_chan *chan = client->trans;
 
 	mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
-	chan->inuse = false;
+	if (chan)
+		chan->inuse = false;
 	mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 }