1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index bc4b12ca537..fc7e57b3f38 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -581,6 +581,10 @@ cifs_get_root(struct smb_vol *vol, struct super_block *sb)
                 mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
                 dput(dentry);
                 dentry = child;
+                if (!dentry->d_inode) {
+                        dput(dentry);
+                        dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+                }
         } while (!IS_ERR(dentry));
         _FreeXid(xid);
         kfree(full_path);