1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/orangefs/inode.c b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
index c1b4ce399ab7..5e65d818937b 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/inode.c
@@ -405,7 +405,11 @@ struct inode *orangefs_iget(struct super_block *sb,
                         orangefs_test_inode,
                         orangefs_set_inode,
                         ref);
-        if (!inode || !(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
+
+        if (!inode)
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+        if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
                 return inode;
 
         error = orangefs_inode_getattr(inode, 1, 1, STATX_ALL);