1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index ed2befb4952e..1c44af71fcf5 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2932,9 +2932,8 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags
         inode->i_size = size;
         clear_nlink(inode);     /* It is unlinked */
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
-        error = ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(inode, size);
-        res = ERR_PTR(error);
-        if (error)
+        res = ERR_PTR(ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(inode, size));
+        if (IS_ERR(res))
                 goto put_dentry;
 #endif