1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
index 0e5fa11e6b44..1c3b7654e966 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
@@ -221,12 +221,17 @@ static int nfsaclsvc_encode_getaclres(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p,
                 struct nfsd3_getaclres *resp)
 {
         struct dentry *dentry = resp->fh.fh_dentry;
-        struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+        struct inode *inode;
         struct kvec *head = rqstp->rq_res.head;
         unsigned int base;
         int n;
         int w;
 
+        /*
+         * Since this is version 2, the check for nfserr in
+         * nfsd_dispatch actually ensures the following cannot happen.
+         * However, it seems fragile to depend on that.
+         */
         if (dentry == NULL || dentry->d_inode == NULL)
                 return 0;
         inode = dentry->d_inode;