1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index c6877fe9a831..1ece8e20fdb5 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1472,7 +1472,6 @@ static int cgroup_get_rootdir(struct super_block *sb)
 
         struct inode *inode =
                 cgroup_new_inode(S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO | S_IWUSR, sb);
-        struct dentry *dentry;
 
         if (!inode)
                 return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1481,12 +1480,9 @@ static int cgroup_get_rootdir(struct super_block *sb)
         inode->i_op = &cgroup_dir_inode_operations;
         /* directories start off with i_nlink == 2 (for "." entry) */
         inc_nlink(inode);
-        dentry = d_alloc_root(inode);
-        if (!dentry) {
-                iput(inode);
+        sb->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
+        if (!sb->s_root)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        }
-        sb->s_root = dentry;
         /* for everything else we want ->d_op set */
         sb->s_d_op = &cgroup_dops;
         return 0;