1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
index 65ab6b001dca..073633e11ea9 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/symlink.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct inode_operations jffs2_symlink_inode_operations =
 static int jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(dentry->d_inode);
+        char *p = (char *)f->dents;
         
         /*
          * We don't acquire the f->sem mutex here since the only data we
@@ -45,13 +46,14 @@ static int jffs2_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
          * nd_set_link() call.
          */
         
-        if (!f->dents) {
+        if (!p) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "jffs2_follow_link(): can't find symlink taerget\n");
-                return -EIO;
+                p = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+        } else {
+                D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_follow_link(): target path is '%s'\n", (char *) f->dents));
         }
-        D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_follow_link(): target path is '%s'\n", (char *) f->dents));
 
-        nd_set_link(nd, (char *)f->dents);
+        nd_set_link(nd, p);
         
         /*
          * We unlock the f->sem mutex but VFS will use the f->dents string. This is safe