1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
index 911c115b5c6c..5b8b994b9912 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int gfs2_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                         mark_inode_dirty(inode);
                         break;
                 } else if (PTR_ERR(inode) != -EEXIST ||
-                           (nd->intent.open.flags & O_EXCL)) {
+                           (nd && (nd->intent.open.flags & O_EXCL))) {
                         gfs2_holder_uninit(ghs);
                         return PTR_ERR(inode);
                 }