1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 966a8850aa30..a499fb58d858 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -521,8 +521,12 @@ struct nfs_open_context *get_nfs_open_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx)
 
 static void __put_nfs_open_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, int wait)
 {
-        struct inode *inode = ctx->path.dentry->d_inode;
+        struct inode *inode;
 
+        if (ctx == NULL)
+                return;
+
+        inode = ctx->path.dentry->d_inode;
         if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&ctx->count, &inode->i_lock))
                 return;
         list_del(&ctx->list);