1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 627a60a6c1b1..32771f581b67 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
          * O_EXCL: optimize away the lookup, but don't hash the dentry. Let
          * the VFS handle the create.
          */
-        if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL) {
+        if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL)) {
                 d_instantiate(direntry, NULL);
                 return 0;
         }
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode, struct dentry *direntry,
          * reduction in network traffic in the other paths.
          */
         if (pTcon->unix_ext) {
-                if (!(nd->flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY)) &&
+                if (nd && !(nd->flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY)) &&
                      (nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN) && !pTcon->broken_posix_open &&
                      (nd->intent.open.flags & O_CREAT)) {
                         rc = cifs_posix_open(full_path, &newInode, nd->path.mnt,