diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2d72e71fd25b..60f073370536 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ec7b1f2dd180afb1ce23aa44a7451e59bf2f3eb3
+refs/heads/master: 25718423ea6f7118f9c173adff0fac52414571b8
diff --git a/trunk/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/trunk/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index b1e498503e59..16fdec355201 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ int start_gc_thread(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 			"f2fs_gc-%u:%u", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
 	if (IS_ERR(gc_th->f2fs_gc_task)) {
 		kfree(gc_th);
+		sbi->gc_thread = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	return 0;