--- fs/autofs4/symlink.c.orig	Fri Apr 21 14:41:36 2000
+++ fs/autofs4/symlink.c	Sun Jun  3 00:43:18 2001
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@
 static int autofs4_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 {
 	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
-
 	return vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, ino->u.symlink);
 }
 
 static int autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
+
+	if(!ino)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return vfs_follow_link(nd, ino->u.symlink);
 }