1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index c72b940797fc..1baf1b06fe47 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1628,6 +1628,12 @@ do_last:
                 goto exit;
         }
 
+        if (IS_ERR(nd->intent.open.file)) {
+                mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+                error = PTR_ERR(nd->intent.open.file);
+                goto exit_dput;
+        }
+
         /* Negative dentry, just create the file */
         if (!path.dentry->d_inode) {
                 if (!IS_POSIXACL(dir->d_inode))