1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 64cf8d07393e..4aec5995867e 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -988,14 +988,9 @@ static int fuse_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
         err = -ENOMEM;
         root = fuse_get_root_inode(sb, d.rootmode);
-        if (!root)
+        root_dentry = d_make_root(root);
+        if (!root_dentry)
                 goto err_put_conn;
-
-        root_dentry = d_alloc_root(root);
-        if (!root_dentry) {
-                iput(root);
-                goto err_put_conn;
-        }
         /* only now - we want root dentry with NULL ->d_op */
         sb->s_d_op = &fuse_dentry_operations;