1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 380ee9991f20..1102160f6661 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 
         if (volume_info.nullauth) {
                 cFYI(1, ("null user"));
-                volume_info.username = NULL;
+                volume_info.username = "";
         } else if (volume_info.username) {
                 /* BB fixme parse for domain name here */
                 cFYI(1, ("Username: %s", volume_info.username));