--- a/fs/stat.c	2004-12-24 22:34:02.000000000 +0100
+++ b/fs/stat.c	2005-01-27 00:52:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int vfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, st
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
-	if (inode->i_op->getattr)
+	if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->getattr)
 		return inode->i_op->getattr(mnt, dentry, stat);
 
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);