diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ac46a52e9cfa..ac0d43ac56c5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5037108acd4dc40c210321cc83b0bf8352eda95a
+refs/heads/master: b01cd5ac43b00c49759c126c21e7d22c7e80b245
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/dm.c b/trunk/drivers/md/dm.c
index 469cec54f371..ace998ce59f6 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -843,6 +843,8 @@ static int dm_merge_bvec(struct request_queue *q,
 		goto out;
 
 	ti = dm_table_find_target(map, bvm->bi_sector);
+	if (!dm_target_is_valid(ti))
+		goto out_table;
 
 	/*
 	 * Find maximum amount of I/O that won't need splitting
@@ -861,6 +863,7 @@ static int dm_merge_bvec(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (max_size && ti->type->merge)
 		max_size = ti->type->merge(ti, bvm, biovec, max_size);
 
+out_table:
 	dm_table_put(map);
 
 out: