1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 14d602f178c2..499f27fc8576 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ lookup_out:
 static int
 cifs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-        if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+        if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         if (direntry->d_inode) {