1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index 5b40a846ff9..ed55979bfd3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -451,12 +451,18 @@ bail:
         return ret;
 }
 
-static void remove_file(struct dentry *parent, char *name)
+static int remove_file(struct dentry *parent, char *name)
 {
         struct dentry *tmp;
+        int ret;
 
         tmp = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
 
+        if (IS_ERR(tmp)) {
+                ret = PTR_ERR(tmp);
+                goto bail;
+        }
+
         spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
         spin_lock(&tmp->d_lock);
         if (!(d_unhashed(tmp) && tmp->d_inode)) {
@@ -469,6 +475,14 @@ static void remove_file(struct dentry *parent, char *name)
                 spin_unlock(&tmp->d_lock);
                 spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
         }
+
+        ret = 0;
+bail:
+        /*
+         * We don't expect clients to care about the return value, but
+         * it's there if they need it.
+         */
+        return ret;
 }
 
 static int remove_device_files(struct super_block *sb,