diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 323fe546a210..c91bc6829113 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4714e63731a8a641b5e0ed5e2e2191c13bf2d71a
+refs/heads/master: 8ce84eeb5b40da21f20174dd25891a8409534237
diff --git a/trunk/fs/jfs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 81ead850ddb6..5a2b269428a6 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ static int jfs_ci_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
 
 static int jfs_ci_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.