1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 8e9d37d44e9d..c1bd0306d6c6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ lookup_out:
 static int
 cifs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *direntry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-        if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
+        if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
                 return -ECHILD;
 
         if (direntry->d_inode) {