1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index d9f614a57731..ff291c973a56 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
          * iput doesn't deadlock in reiserfs_delete_xattrs. The locking
          * code really needs to be reworked, but this will take care of it
          * for now. -jeffm */
-        if (REISERFS_I(dir)->i_acl_default) {
+        if (REISERFS_I(dir)->i_acl_default && !IS_ERR(REISERFS_I(dir)->i_acl_default)) {
                 reiserfs_write_unlock_xattrs(dir->i_sb);
                 iput(inode);
                 reiserfs_write_lock_xattrs(dir->i_sb);