1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 0f9852ab87bb..e64867eec895 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ int
 __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 {
         int              status = -ESTALE;
-        struct nfs_fattr fattr;
+        struct nfs_fattr *fattr = NULL;
         struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
         dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: revalidating (%s/%Ld)\n",
@@ -693,8 +693,13 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
         if (NFS_STALE(inode))
                 goto out;
 
+        status = -ENOMEM;
+        fattr = nfs_alloc_fattr();
+        if (fattr == NULL)
+                goto out;
+
         nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_INODEREVALIDATE);
-        status = NFS_PROTO(inode)->getattr(server, NFS_FH(inode), &fattr);
+        status = NFS_PROTO(inode)->getattr(server, NFS_FH(inode), fattr);
         if (status != 0) {
                 dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "nfs_revalidate_inode: (%s/%Ld) getattr failed, error=%d\n",
                          inode->i_sb->s_id,
@@ -707,7 +712,7 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        status = nfs_refresh_inode(inode, &fattr);
+        status = nfs_refresh_inode(inode, fattr);
         if (status) {
                 dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "nfs_revalidate_inode: (%s/%Ld) refresh failed, error=%d\n",
                          inode->i_sb->s_id,
@@ -723,6 +728,7 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
                 (long long)NFS_FILEID(inode));
 
  out:
+        nfs_free_fattr(fattr);
         return status;
 }