diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e81cf4190671..7c71f152f664 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f9e8c45002cacad536b338dfa9e910e341a49c31
+refs/heads/master: 80975d21aae2136ccae1ce914a1602dc1d8b0795
diff --git a/trunk/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/trunk/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 212e5629cc1d..f93eb948d071 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -563,6 +563,10 @@ cifs_get_root(struct smb_vol *vol, struct super_block *sb)
 		mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
 		dput(dentry);
 		dentry = child;
+		if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+			dput(dentry);
+			dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+		}
 	} while (!IS_ERR(dentry));
 	_FreeXid(xid);
 	kfree(full_path);