diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5d9a62730ce6..c4cf0b695157 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 529c5f958f9e60abaa7407986034b17d17536bf2
+refs/heads/master: 53fe924161ff18d24c5c1c256549e9c1b9874827
diff --git a/trunk/fs/gfs2/dentry.c b/trunk/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
index 4a456338b873..0da8da2c991d 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static int gfs2_drevalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	int error;
 	int had_lock = 0;
 
-	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+	if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
 		return -ECHILD;
 
 	parent = dget_parent(dentry);