1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
index 3f90d28c501b..120500e1c96d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
@@ -514,13 +514,13 @@ static int fs_create_by_name (const char *name, mode_t mode,
         *dentry = NULL;
         mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
         *dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
-        if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+        if (!IS_ERR(*dentry)) {
                 if ((mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
                         error = usbfs_mkdir (parent->d_inode, *dentry, mode);
                 else 
                         error = usbfs_create (parent->d_inode, *dentry, mode);
         } else
-                error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+                error = PTR_ERR(*dentry);
         mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
         return error;