--- linux/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c.orig	Fri Feb  9 11:29:44 2001
+++ linux/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c	Sun Jun  3 01:23:13 2001
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@
 	struct list_head *lp;
 	struct dentry *result;
 	inode = iget(sb, ino);
+	if(!inode)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode)
 	    || (generation && inode->i_generation != generation)
 		) {