1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index cf949646dd57..628075ca82c1 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ static struct dentry *open_xa_root(struct super_block *sb, int flags)
         mutex_lock_nested(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR);
 
         xaroot = dget(REISERFS_SB(sb)->xattr_root);
-        if (!xaroot->d_inode) {
+        if (!xaroot)
+                xaroot = ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
+        else if (!xaroot->d_inode) {
                 int err = -ENODATA;
                 if (xattr_may_create(flags))
                         err = xattr_mkdir(privroot->d_inode, xaroot, 0700);