1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 5b2dbb3ba4fc..7c895a763a1e 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -491,11 +491,9 @@ int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, unsigned long magic,
         inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
         inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
         set_nlink(inode, 2);
-        root = d_alloc_root(inode);
-        if (!root) {
-                iput(inode);
+        root = d_make_root(inode);
+        if (!root)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        }
         for (i = 0; !files->name || files->name[0]; i++, files++) {
                 if (!files->name)
                         continue;