1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index 29309e25417f..b57aab9a1184 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -56,16 +56,12 @@ static struct dentry *ufs_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, stru
 
         lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
         ino = ufs_inode_by_name(dir, &dentry->d_name);
-        if (ino) {
+        if (ino)
                 inode = ufs_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-                if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-                        unlock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
-                        return ERR_CAST(inode);
-                }
-        }
         unlock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
-        d_add(dentry, inode);
-        return NULL;
+        if (IS_ERR(inode))
+                return ERR_CAST(inode);
+        return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
 /*