diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c91bc6829113..4868523e1455 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8ce84eeb5b40da21f20174dd25891a8409534237
+refs/heads/master: 9177ada99d5e69fe91950b3ef5c23f2bcd109987
diff --git a/trunk/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/trunk/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index f88f752babd9..adae3fb7451a 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int vfat_revalidate_shortname(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 static int vfat_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+	if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	/* This is not negative dentry. Always valid. */
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int vfat_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 
 static int vfat_revalidate_ci(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+	if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	/*