diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 06d6de1f1919..8afaae232696 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a0e7e3cf7932d6c77de0dc79a40dbaeb8060b544
+refs/heads/master: a271c5a0dea418931b6a903ef85adc30ad4c54be
diff --git a/trunk/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/trunk/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index ffb687671da0..6b43ee7221d5 100644
--- a/trunk/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/trunk/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -860,8 +860,10 @@ static void rpc_release_resources_task(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	if (task->tk_rqstp)
 		xprt_release(task);
-	if (task->tk_msg.rpc_cred)
+	if (task->tk_msg.rpc_cred) {
 		put_rpccred(task->tk_msg.rpc_cred);
+		task->tk_msg.rpc_cred = NULL;
+	}
 	rpc_task_release_client(task);
 }