diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ac9aa84eebec..ac0607bf8dec 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2d07b255c7b8a9723010e5c74778e058dc05162e
+refs/heads/master: ae0027869db7d28563cd783865fab04ffd18419c
diff --git a/trunk/fs/proc/base.c b/trunk/fs/proc/base.c
index 96ee899d6502..989e3078d7af 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ static int lstats_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct seq_file *m;
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
 
+	if (!task)
+		return -ENOENT;
 	ret = single_open(file, lstats_show_proc, NULL);
 	if (!ret) {
 		m = file->private_data;