diff --git a/fs/sdcardfs/dentry.c b/fs/sdcardfs/dentry.c
index 5eaccaca3b7..34659df7210 100644
--- a/fs/sdcardfs/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/sdcardfs/dentry.c
@@ -109,14 +109,16 @@ static int sdcardfs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* If our top's inode is gone, we may be out of date */
-	inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	inode = igrab(dentry->d_inode);
 	if (inode) {
 		data = top_data_get(SDCARDFS_I(inode));
-		if (data->abandoned) {
+		if (!data || data->abandoned) {
 			d_drop(dentry);
 			err = 0;
 		}
-		data_put(data);
+		if (data)
+			data_put(data);
+		iput(inode);
 	}
 
 out: