1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 154243f0a27c..9bc4a2353944 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2175,7 +2175,6 @@ static void shmem_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 {
         struct inode *inode;
-        struct dentry *root;
         struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo;
         int err = -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -2232,10 +2231,9 @@ int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
                 goto failed;
         inode->i_uid = sbinfo->uid;
         inode->i_gid = sbinfo->gid;
-        root = d_make_root(inode);
-        if (!root)
+        sb->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
+        if (!sb->s_root)
                 goto failed;
-        sb->s_root = root;
         return 0;
 
 failed: