1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index e77676df6713..137d76c3f90a 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 
@@ -147,13 +148,13 @@ static int debugfs_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 = debugfs_mkdir(parent->d_inode, *dentry, mode);
                 else 
                         error = debugfs_create(parent->d_inode, *dentry, mode);
         } else
-                error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+                error = PTR_ERR(*dentry);
         mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
         return error;