1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 216fb625843f..f6963d183c53 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2069,8 +2069,15 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
                         srvTcp->tcpStatus = CifsExiting;
                         spin_unlock(&GlobalMid_Lock);
                         if (srvTcp->tsk) {
+                                struct task_struct *tsk;
+                                /* If we could verify that kthread_stop would
+                                   always wake up processes blocked in
+                                   tcp in recv_mesg then we could remove the
+                                   send_sig call */
                                 send_sig(SIGKILL,srvTcp->tsk,1);
-                                kthread_stop(srvTcp->tsk);
+                                tsk = srvTcp->tsk;
+                                if(tsk)
+                                        kthread_stop(srvTcp->tsk);
                         }
                 }
                  /* If find_unc succeeded then rc == 0 so we can not end */
@@ -2085,8 +2092,11 @@ cifs_mount(struct super_block *sb, struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
                                         /* if the socketUseCount is now zero */
                                         if ((temp_rc == -ESHUTDOWN) &&
                                            (pSesInfo->server) && (pSesInfo->server->tsk)) {
+                                                struct task_struct *tsk;
                                                 send_sig(SIGKILL,pSesInfo->server->tsk,1);
-                                                kthread_stop(pSesInfo->server->tsk);
+                                                tsk = pSesInfo->server->tsk;
+                                                if(tsk)
+                                                        kthread_stop(tsk);
                                         }
                                 } else
                                         cFYI(1, ("No session or bad tcon"));