1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index 82528d9b72ed..d489fcc86713 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -419,16 +419,14 @@ static int new_lockspace(const char *name, int namelen, void **lockspace,
                         break;
                 }
                 ls->ls_create_count++;
-                module_put(THIS_MODULE);
-                error = 1; /* not an error, return 0 */
+                *lockspace = ls;
+                error = 1;
                 break;
         }
         spin_unlock(&lslist_lock);
 
-        if (error < 0)
-                goto out;
         if (error)
-                goto ret_zero;
+                goto out;
 
         error = -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -583,7 +581,6 @@ static int new_lockspace(const char *name, int namelen, void **lockspace,
         dlm_create_debug_file(ls);
 
         log_debug(ls, "join complete");
- ret_zero:
         *lockspace = ls;
         return 0;
 
@@ -628,7 +625,9 @@ int dlm_new_lockspace(const char *name, int namelen, void **lockspace,
         error = new_lockspace(name, namelen, lockspace, flags, lvblen);
         if (!error)
                 ls_count++;
-        else if (!ls_count)
+        if (error > 0)
+                error = 0;
+        if (!ls_count)
                 threads_stop();
  out:
         mutex_unlock(&ls_lock);