diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
index 80e92d9b81cbf2b2cb61142f4cd13989bc77684a..7d4dc5f5aa8b698e7e88c978cfd4978247e3dc38 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/namei.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int reiserfs_create (struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
         goto out_failed;
     }
 
-    retval = reiserfs_new_inode (&th, dir, mode, 0, 0/*i_size*/, dentry, inode);
+    retval = reiserfs_new_inode (&th, dir, mode, NULL, 0/*i_size*/, dentry, inode);
     if (retval)
         goto out_failed;