1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index e62e59477884..9317ddc1b3c3 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -840,8 +840,10 @@ static struct dentry *__gfs2_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
         int error;
 
         inode = gfs2_lookupi(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0);
-        if (!inode)
+        if (inode == NULL) {
+                d_add(dentry, NULL);
                 return NULL;
+        }
         if (IS_ERR(inode))
                 return ERR_CAST(inode);