1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 8d544334bcd2..557d5b614fae 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -720,9 +720,10 @@ static int ep_getfd(int *efd, struct inode **einode, struct file **efile,
 
         /* Allocates an inode from the eventpoll file system */
         inode = ep_eventpoll_inode();
-        error = PTR_ERR(inode);
-        if (IS_ERR(inode))
+        if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+                error = PTR_ERR(inode);
                 goto eexit_2;
+        }
 
         /* Allocates a free descriptor to plug the file onto */
         error = get_unused_fd();