1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 09a1f92a34ef..8eb2522111c5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -408,15 +408,18 @@ static int proc_sys_compare(const struct dentry *parent,
                 const struct dentry *dentry, const struct inode *inode,
                 unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
 {
+        struct ctl_table_header *head;
         /* Although proc doesn't have negative dentries, rcu-walk means
          * that inode here can be NULL */
+        /* AV: can it, indeed? */
         if (!inode)
-                return 0;
+                return 1;
         if (name->len != len)
                 return 1;
         if (memcmp(name->name, str, len))
                 return 1;
-        return !sysctl_is_seen(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
+        head = rcu_dereference(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
+        return !head || !sysctl_is_seen(head);
 }
 
 static const struct dentry_operations proc_sys_dentry_operations = {