--- ./fs/block_dev.c.bdopen	2006-10-17 14:49:18.000000000 +0400
+++ ./fs/block_dev.c	2006-10-20 17:32:14.000000000 +0400
@@ -1126,6 +1126,8 @@ static int blkdev_open(struct inode * in
 	filp->f_flags |= O_LARGEFILE;
 
 	bdev = bd_acquire(inode);
+	if (bdev == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	res = do_open(bdev, filp, BD_MUTEX_NORMAL);
 	if (res)