1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index af193a304ee5..8bd8ac077704 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1005,10 +1005,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext3_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, str
                 if (!inode)
                         return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
         }
-        if (inode)
-                return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
-        d_add(dentry, inode);
-        return NULL;
+        return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }