Index: file-utimes.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/hurd/hurd/libnetfs/file-utimes.c,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 file-utimes.c
--- file-utimes.c	31 Jan 1999 23:49:54 -0000	1.6
+++ file-utimes.c	29 Jun 2008 23:21:11 -0000
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
   struct timespec atime, mtime;
   error_t err;
 
+  if (!user)
+    return EOPNOTSUPP;
+
   if (atimein.microseconds != -1)
     {
       atime.tv_sec = atimein.seconds;
@@ -41,9 +44,6 @@
       mtime.tv_nsec = mtimein.microseconds * 1000;
     }
   
-  if (!user)
-    return EOPNOTSUPP;
-  
   mutex_lock (&user->po->np->lock);
   err = netfs_attempt_utimes (user->user, user->po->np, 
 			      atimein.microseconds != -1 ? &atime : 0,