1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
index fbb08e97438d..6af790fc3df8 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/bind.c
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ static int cachefiles_daemon_add_cache(struct cachefiles_cache *cache)
 
         /* check parameters */
         ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-        if (!root->d_inode ||
-            !root->d_inode->i_op->lookup ||
-            !root->d_inode->i_op->mkdir ||
-            !root->d_inode->i_op->setxattr ||
-            !root->d_inode->i_op->getxattr ||
+        if (d_is_negative(root) ||
+            !d_backing_inode(root)->i_op->lookup ||
+            !d_backing_inode(root)->i_op->mkdir ||
+            !d_backing_inode(root)->i_op->setxattr ||
+            !d_backing_inode(root)->i_op->getxattr ||
             !root->d_sb->s_op->statfs ||
             !root->d_sb->s_op->sync_fs)
                 goto error_unsupported;