1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/getroot.c b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
index dcb61548887f..801d6d830787 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/getroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
@@ -49,11 +49,9 @@ static int nfs_superblock_set_dummy_root(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *i
 {
         /* The mntroot acts as the dummy root dentry for this superblock */
         if (sb->s_root == NULL) {
-                sb->s_root = d_alloc_root(inode);
-                if (sb->s_root == NULL) {
-                        iput(inode);
+                sb->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
+                if (sb->s_root == NULL)
                         return -ENOMEM;
-                }
                 ihold(inode);
                 /*
                  * Ensure that this dentry is invisible to d_find_alias().