1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 485a6aa0ad39..f594f300d4cd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
         }
 
         inode = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
-        if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-                status = PTR_ERR(inode);
+        if (!inode) {
+                status = -ENOMEM;
                 mlog(ML_ERROR, "new_inode failed!\n");
                 goto leave;
         }