--- a/fs/coda/coda_linux.h~coda-avoid-flagging-null-inodes +++ a/fs/coda/coda_linux.h @@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ static __inline__ void coda_flag_inode(s { struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode); + if (!inode) + return; + spin_lock(&cii->c_lock); cii->c_flags |= flag; spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock);