1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
index 1d73fc6dba13..cbb50cadcffc 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
         inode->i_private = var;
 
-        efivar_entry_add(var, &efivarfs_list);
+        err = efivar_entry_add(var, &efivarfs_list);
+        if (err)
+                goto out;
+
         d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
         dget(dentry);
 out: