diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c6b44688d495..665030c99838 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ba723fe2b2facc8d45b53701fec39aa429596759
+refs/heads/master: c983294872ebccd4aacf1b8dd694ac2170feadc3
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
index fed511a2b17f..1987697b23a0 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ long spufs_create_thread(struct nameidata *nd,
 	    nd->dentry != nd->dentry->d_sb->s_root)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* all flags are reserved */
+	if (flags)
+		goto out;
+
 	dentry = lookup_create(nd, 1);
 	ret = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))