1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 9a6696a5eb78..35f9154615fa 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ cifs_get_root(struct smb_vol *vol, struct super_block *sb)
         full_path = cifs_build_path_to_root(vol, cifs_sb,
                                             cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb));
         if (full_path == NULL)
-                return NULL;
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         cFYI(1, "Get root dentry for %s", full_path);
 
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ cifs_get_root(struct smb_vol *vol, struct super_block *sb)
                         dchild = d_alloc(dparent, &name);
                         if (dchild == NULL) {
                                 dput(dparent);
-                                dparent = NULL;
+                                dparent = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
                                 goto out;
                         }
                 }
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ cifs_get_root(struct smb_vol *vol, struct super_block *sb)
                         if (rc) {
                                 dput(dchild);
                                 dput(dparent);
-                                dparent = NULL;
+                                dparent = ERR_PTR(rc);
                                 goto out;
                         }
                         alias = d_materialise_unique(dchild, inode);
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ cifs_get_root(struct smb_vol *vol, struct super_block *sb)
                                 dput(dchild);
                                 if (IS_ERR(alias)) {
                                         dput(dparent);
-                                        dparent = NULL;
+                                        dparent = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); /* XXX */
                                         goto out;
                                 }
                                 dchild = alias;
@@ -704,10 +704,8 @@ cifs_do_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
         }
 
         root = cifs_get_root(volume_info, sb);
-        if (root == NULL) {
-                root = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); /* XXX */
+        if (IS_ERR(root))
                 goto out_super;
-        }
 
         cFYI(1, "dentry root is: %p", root);
         goto out;