diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2c77fff97e67..c2b19544152b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d62e54abca1146981fc9f98f85ff398a113a22c2
+refs/heads/master: 6910ab30a29d10e0fec7710b2ed857a2201e2468
diff --git a/trunk/fs/cifs/inode.c b/trunk/fs/cifs/inode.c
index e842ce9f6547..ca91ea38d611 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -569,7 +569,10 @@ int cifs_unlink(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry)
 
 	xid = GetXid();
 
-	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	if(inode)
+		cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	else
+		cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(dentry->d_sb);
 	pTcon = cifs_sb->tcon;
 
 	/* Unlink can be called from rename so we can not grab the sem here