diff -NurpP --minimal linux-2.6.38-vs2.3.0.37-rc6/fs/devpts/inode.c linux-2.6.38-vs2.3.0.37-rc7/fs/devpts/inode.c
--- linux-2.6.38-vs2.3.0.37-rc6/fs/devpts/inode.c	2011-01-29 05:09:48.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.38-vs2.3.0.37-rc7/fs/devpts/inode.c	2011-03-17 02:17:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -280,8 +280,17 @@ static int devpts_show_options(struct se
 
 static int devpts_filter(struct dentry *de)
 {
+	xid_t xid = 0;
+
 	/* devpts is xid tagged */
-	return vx_check((xid_t)de->d_inode->i_tag, VS_WATCH_P | VS_IDENT);
+	if (de && de->d_inode)
+		xid = (xid_t)de->d_inode->i_tag;
+#ifdef CONFIG_VSERVER_WARN_DEVPTS
+	else
+		vxwprintk_task(1, "devpts " VS_Q("%.*s") " without inode.",
+			de->d_name.len, de->d_name.name);
+#endif
+	return vx_check(xid, VS_WATCH_P | VS_IDENT);
 }
 
 static int devpts_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)