diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 032a881a76f0..7420c97487f2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 620678244bc7b83287e2e283ed4fe6b959e94b7d
+refs/heads/master: 62aa528e0299ffef8e138d9d92d13e631d06c5ff
diff --git a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index c95295c65045..e83aa5ebe861 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -626,8 +626,7 @@ static struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	return NULL;
 
 error:
-	if (fid)
-		p9_client_clunk(fid);
+	p9_client_clunk(fid);
 
 	return ERR_PTR(result);
 }