diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d4f32afab818..1d2dad20cee1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 85e0df240e9376ff58eb1a50d9854f5f176dd297
+refs/heads/master: 75cc5c9b82a31936d2a8cb75f34752000e244015
diff --git a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index b44c99979143..29367ee25cb8 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -1227,6 +1227,8 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev)
 		sprintf(name, "c %u %u", MAJOR(rdev), MINOR(rdev));
 	else if (S_ISFIFO(mode))
 		*name = 0;
+	else if (S_ISSOCK(mode))
+		*name = 0;
 	else {
 		__putname(name);
 		return -EINVAL;