1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dentry.c b/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
index 4a456338b873..0da8da2c991d 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dentry.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static int gfs2_drevalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
         int error;
         int had_lock = 0;
 
-        if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+        if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         parent = dget_parent(dentry);