diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 966e592bd302..a4d0bd15f9ea 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 808d4e3cfdcc52b19276175464f6dbca4df13b09
+refs/heads/master: 98f6ef64b15a48f15062aff5d143b5d9a6ae7711
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index 6d47fac64292..c1f18e4f034c 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ follow_link(struct path *link, struct nameidata *nd, void **p)
 	return error;
 
 out_put_nd_path:
+	*p = NULL;
 	path_put(&nd->path);
 	path_put(link);
 	return error;