diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 714b686f27d9..06de4adfff9d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3ec6bbcdb4e85403f2c5958876ca9492afdf4031
+refs/heads/master: 24e6cf92fde1f140d8eb0bf7cd24c2c78149b6b2
diff --git a/trunk/fs/cifs/connect.c b/trunk/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 18af707f00f1..ec0ea4a43bdb 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1673,6 +1673,7 @@ cifs_find_smb_ses(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_vol *vol)
 				    MAX_USERNAME_SIZE))
 				continue;
 			if (strlen(vol->username) != 0 &&
+			    ses->password != NULL &&
 			    strncmp(ses->password,
 				    vol->password ? vol->password : "",
 				    MAX_PASSWORD_SIZE))