Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc7' into core/locking

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index de14ac21e5b5..d4855a682ab6 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ find_extend_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
         vma = find_vma_prev(mm, addr, &prev);
         if (vma && (vma->vm_start <= addr))
                 return vma;
-        if (expand_stack(prev, addr))
+        if (!prev || expand_stack(prev, addr))
                 return NULL;
         if (prev->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED) {
                 if (mlock_vma_pages_range(prev, addr, prev->vm_end) < 0)