diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5497daae0025..3ccf3d3acc65 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0b5306b329a773b9fdd1d53bec6d08ce122d7b65
+refs/heads/master: 3134f37e931d75931bdf6d4eacd82a3fd26eca7c
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index a3fb78fd70d2..afa087649ddb 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -2608,9 +2608,10 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * It already exists.
+	 * create/update audit record if it already exists.
 	 */
-	audit_inode(pathname, path->dentry);
+	if (path->dentry->d_inode)
+		audit_inode(pathname, path->dentry);
 
 	/*
 	 * If atomic_open() acquired write access it is dropped now due to