1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index 3458dbc8fff0..bcb6c5265467 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
         if (sbi->catatonic)
                 return -ENOENT;
 
+        if (!dentry->d_inode &&
+            (sbi->type & (AUTOFS_TYPE_DIRECT | AUTOFS_TYPE_OFFSET)))
+                return -ENOENT;
+
         name = kmalloc(NAME_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!name)
                 return -ENOMEM;