1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nfs/ops.c b/nfs/ops.c
index 4ecb36a1..9e70a44d 100644
--- a/nfs/ops.c
+++ b/nfs/ops.c
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ netfs_attempt_create_file (struct iouser *cred, struct node *np,
 	    mutex_lock (&(*newnp)->lock);
 	}
 
-      if (!netfs_validate_stat (*newnp, -1)
+      if (*newnp && !netfs_validate_stat (*newnp, -1)
 	  && (*newnp)->nn_stat.st_uid != owner)
 	netfs_attempt_chown (-1, *newnp, owner, (*newnp)->nn_stat.st_gid);
     }