1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 6e211b67b273..108a1e99aa9f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ struct cifsSesInfo {
         int capabilities;
         char serverName[SERVER_NAME_LEN_WITH_NULL * 2]; /* BB make bigger for
                                 TCP names - will ipv6 and sctp addresses fit? */
-        char *user_name;
+        char *user_name;        /* must not be null except during init of sess
+                                   and after mount option parsing we fill it */
         char *domainName;
         char *password;
         struct session_key auth_key;