diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/ext3-mballoc3-core.patch b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/ext3-mballoc3-core.patch
index a6033d1d19151df3f57cc701c141af6f7fffa5e9..9853b69f0dc529467452708b6a7e2601824151a5 100644
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/ext3-mballoc3-core.patch
+++ b/lustre/kernel_patches/patches/ext3-mballoc3-core.patch
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Index: linux-2.6.9-full/fs/ext3/mballoc.c
 ===================================================================
 --- linux-2.6.9-full.orig/fs/ext3/mballoc.c	2007-02-13 18:39:59.640066087 +0300
 +++ linux-2.6.9-full/fs/ext3/mballoc.c	2007-03-29 00:28:40.000000000 +0400
-@@ -0,0 +1,4342 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,4343 @@
 +/*
 + * Copyright (c) 2003-2006, Cluster File Systems, Inc, info@clusterfs.com
 + * Written by Alex Tomas <alex@clusterfs.com>
@@ -2361,7 +2361,8 @@ Index: linux-2.6.9-full/fs/ext3/mballoc.c
 +	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_mb_history_lock);
 +	i = sbi->s_mb_history_max * sizeof(struct ext3_mb_history);
 +	sbi->s_mb_history = kmalloc(i, GFP_KERNEL);
-+	memset(sbi->s_mb_history, 0, i);
++	if (likely(sbi->s_mb_history != NULL))
++		memset(sbi->s_mb_history, 0, i);
 +	/* if we can't allocate history, then we simple won't use it */
 +}
 +
@@ -2371,7 +2372,7 @@ Index: linux-2.6.9-full/fs/ext3/mballoc.c
 +	struct ext3_sb_info *sbi = EXT3_SB(ac->ac_sb);
 +	struct ext3_mb_history h;
 +
-+	if (likely(sbi->s_mb_history == NULL))
++	if (unlikely(sbi->s_mb_history == NULL))
 +		return;
 +
 +	if (!(ac->ac_op & sbi->s_mb_history_filter))