struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs_sbi(sb);
        unsigned int n;
 
+       /*
+        * In the event of a failure in get_sb_nodev the superblock
+        * info is not present so nothing else has been setup, so
+        * just exit when we are called from deactivate_super.
+        */
+       if (!sbi)
+               return;
+
        if ( !sbi->catatonic )
                autofs_catatonic_mode(sbi); /* Free wait queues, close pipe */
 
 
        s->s_fs_info = sbi;
        sbi->magic = AUTOFS_SBI_MAGIC;
-       sbi->catatonic = 0;
+       sbi->pipe = NULL;
+       sbi->catatonic = 1;
        sbi->exp_timeout = 0;
        sbi->oz_pgrp = process_group(current);
        autofs_initialize_hash(&sbi->dirhash);
        if ( !pipe->f_op || !pipe->f_op->write )
                goto fail_fput;
        sbi->pipe = pipe;
+       sbi->catatonic = 0;
 
        /*
         * Success! Install the root dentry now to indicate completion.
        iput(root_inode);
 fail_free:
        kfree(sbi);
+       s->s_fs_info = NULL;
+       kill_anon_super(s);
 fail_unlock:
        return -EINVAL;
 }
 
                wq = nwq;
        }
        fput(sbi->pipe);        /* Close the pipe */
+       sbi->pipe = NULL;
        autofs_hash_dputall(&sbi->dirhash); /* Remove all dentry pointers */
 }
 
 
        struct dentry *this_parent = sbi->sb->s_root;
        struct list_head *next;
 
+       if (!sbi->sb->s_root)
+               return;
+
        spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
 repeat:
        next = this_parent->d_subdirs.next;
 {
        struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(sb);
 
+       /*
+        * In the event of a failure in get_sb_nodev the superblock
+        * info is not present so nothing else has been setup, so
+        * just exit when we are called from deactivate_super.
+        */
+       if (!sbi)
+               return;
+
        sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 
        if ( !sbi->catatonic )
        s->s_fs_info = sbi;
        sbi->magic = AUTOFS_SBI_MAGIC;
        sbi->pipefd = -1;
-       sbi->catatonic = 0;
+       sbi->pipe = NULL;
+       sbi->catatonic = 1;
        sbi->exp_timeout = 0;
        sbi->oz_pgrp = process_group(current);
        sbi->sb = s;
                goto fail_fput;
        sbi->pipe = pipe;
        sbi->pipefd = pipefd;
+       sbi->catatonic = 0;
 
        /*
         * Success! Install the root dentry now to indicate completion.
        kfree(ino);
 fail_free:
        kfree(sbi);
+       s->s_fs_info = NULL;
+       kill_anon_super(s);
 fail_unlock:
        return -EINVAL;
 }
 
                wake_up_interruptible(&wq->queue);
                wq = nwq;
        }
-       if (sbi->pipe) {
-               fput(sbi->pipe);        /* Close the pipe */
-               sbi->pipe = NULL;
-       }
+       fput(sbi->pipe);        /* Close the pipe */
+       sbi->pipe = NULL;
 }
 
 static int autofs4_write(struct file *file, const void *addr, int bytes)