1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 627a60a6c1b..1f42f772865 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -214,8 +214,6 @@ int cifs_posix_open(char *full_path, struct inode **pinode,
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_EXCL;
         if (oflags & O_TRUNC)
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_TRUNC;
-        if (oflags & O_APPEND)
-                posix_flags |= SMB_O_APPEND;
         if (oflags & O_SYNC)
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_SYNC;
         if (oflags & O_DIRECTORY)
@@ -643,9 +641,9 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
          * O_EXCL: optimize away the lookup, but don't hash the dentry. Let
          * the VFS handle the create.
          */
-        if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL) {
+        if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL)) {
                 d_instantiate(direntry, NULL);
-                return 0;
+                return NULL;
         }
 
         /* can not grab the rename sem here since it would
@@ -675,7 +673,7 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
          * reduction in network traffic in the other paths.
          */
         if (pTcon->unix_ext) {
-                if (!(nd->flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY)) &&
+                if (nd && !(nd->flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY)) &&
                      (nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN) && !pTcon->broken_posix_open &&
                      (nd->intent.open.flags & O_CREAT)) {
                         rc = cifs_posix_open(full_path, &newInode, nd->path.mnt,