1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
index 3bb11be8b6a8..606912d8f2a8 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void cifs_dfs_release_automount_timer(void)
  * i.e. strips from UNC trailing path that is not part of share
  * name and fixup missing '\' in the begining of DFS node refferal
  * if neccessary.
- * Returns pointer to share name on success or NULL on error.
+ * Returns pointer to share name on success or ERR_PTR on error.
  * Caller is responsible for freeing returned string.
  */
 static char *cifs_get_share_name(const char *node_name)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static char *cifs_get_share_name(const char *node_name)
         UNC = kmalloc(len+2 /*for term null and additional \ if it's missed */,
                          GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!UNC)
-                return NULL;
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         /* get share name and server name */
         if (node_name[1] != '\\') {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static char *cifs_get_share_name(const char *node_name)
                 cERROR(1, ("%s: no server name end in node name: %s",
                         __func__, node_name));
                 kfree(UNC);
-                return NULL;
+                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
         }
 
         /* find sharename end */
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ char *cifs_compose_mount_options(const char *sb_mountdata,
                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
         *devname = cifs_get_share_name(ref->node_name);
+        if (IS_ERR(*devname)) {
+                rc = PTR_ERR(*devname);
+                *devname = NULL;
+                goto compose_mount_options_err;
+        }
+
         rc = dns_resolve_server_name_to_ip(*devname, &srvIP);
         if (rc != 0) {
                 cERROR(1, ("%s: Failed to resolve server part of %s to IP: %d",