1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index b7d4216db3c3..a4de9d58e9b4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static int create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
                 error = ipathfs_mknod(parent->d_inode, *dentry,
                                       mode, fops, data);
         else
-                error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+                error = PTR_ERR(*dentry);
         mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
         return error;