diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 341f54c58fa7..8653af6ab82a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1a62e958fa4aaeeb752311b4f5e16b2a86737b23
+refs/heads/master: d93e4c940f51ae06b59c14523c4d55947f9597d6
diff --git a/trunk/security/inode.c b/trunk/security/inode.c
index f3b91bfbe4cb..f7496c6a022b 100644
--- a/trunk/security/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/security/inode.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ void securityfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct dentry *parent;
 
-	if (!dentry)
+	if (!dentry || IS_ERR(dentry))
 		return;
 
 	parent = dentry->d_parent;