1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 8add6f1030d7..b931e04e3388 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ bail_add:
                  * NOTE: This dentry already has ->d_op set from
                  * ocfs2_get_parent() and ocfs2_get_dentry()
                  */
-                if (ret)
+                if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ret))
                         dentry = ret;
 
                 status = ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(dentry, inode,