diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2287a47189c2..cd618865b47b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fbee8d933c775cdb9daac3063659cda38c1776c2
+refs/heads/master: 7a99ae7c57d2de5cad9562bed32addf064521116
diff --git a/trunk/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c b/trunk/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
index 93f227a25ba4..9cbb426c0b91 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
@@ -186,7 +186,11 @@ static int absolutize(char *to, int size, char *from)
 		strcat(to, "/");
 		strcat(to, from);
 	}
-	chdir(save_cwd);
+	if (chdir(save_cwd)) {
+		cow_printf("absolutize : Can't cd to '%s' - "
+			   "errno = %d\n", save_cwd, errno);
+		return -1;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }