Index: externfs.c
===================================================================
--- externfs.c	(revision 708)
+++ externfs.c	(working copy)
@@ -844,7 +844,6 @@
 		return(-ENOMEM);
 	err = (*ops->make_dir)(file, mode, current->fsuid, current->fsgid, 
 			       mount);
-	kfree(file);
 
 	inode = get_inode(ino->i_sb, dentry, ops, 1);
 	if(IS_ERR(inode)){
@@ -852,6 +851,11 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	err = read_name(inode, file);
+	kfree(file);
+	if(err)
+		goto out;
+
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	inode->i_nlink = 2;
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | mode;