1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 440c35d98993..8b75f73ba3b4 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -2084,6 +2084,7 @@ static int ext3_create_journal(struct super_block * sb,
                                unsigned int journal_inum)
 {
         journal_t *journal;
+        int err;
 
         if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "EXT3-fs: readonly filesystem when trying to "
@@ -2091,13 +2092,15 @@ static int ext3_create_journal(struct super_block * sb,
                 return -EROFS;
         }
 
-        if (!(journal = ext3_get_journal(sb, journal_inum)))
+        journal = ext3_get_journal(sb, journal_inum);
+        if (!journal)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         printk(KERN_INFO "EXT3-fs: creating new journal on inode %u\n",
                journal_inum);
 
-        if (journal_create(journal)) {
+        err = journal_create(journal);
+        if (err) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "EXT3-fs: error creating journal.\n");
                 journal_destroy(journal);
                 return -EIO;