diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4382fc6b9d80..d2296048dff3 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 875cd04381e695afbbbef025438113e12af84963
+refs/heads/master: ac423446d83e4fd5c3ffba393b887e531cf6bf46
diff --git a/trunk/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/trunk/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index a80f7bd97b90..b7df4bff3aaa 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -5840,7 +5840,7 @@ CIFSSMBQAllEAs(const int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 
 		if (ea_name) {
 			if (ea_name_len == name_len &&
-			    strncmp(ea_name, temp_ptr, name_len) == 0) {
+			    memcmp(ea_name, temp_ptr, name_len) == 0) {
 				temp_ptr += name_len + 1;
 				rc = value_len;
 				if (buf_size == 0)