1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 96400ab42d13..61e72d44cf94 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ static struct dentry *start_creating(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
 
         pr_debug("debugfs: creating file '%s'\n",name);
 
+        if (IS_ERR(parent))
+                return parent;
+
         error = simple_pin_fs(&debug_fs_type, &debugfs_mount,
                               &debugfs_mount_count);
         if (error)