1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index ee0d029e5130..88f759adf3af 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -369,16 +369,15 @@ struct file *sock_alloc_file(struct socket *sock, int flags, const char *dname)
 
         file = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE,
                   &socket_file_ops);
-        if (unlikely(!file)) {
+        if (unlikely(IS_ERR(file))) {
                 /* drop dentry, keep inode */
                 ihold(path.dentry->d_inode);
                 path_put(&path);
-                return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
+                return file;
         }
 
         sock->file = file;
         file->f_flags = O_RDWR | (flags & O_NONBLOCK);
-        file->f_pos = 0;
         file->private_data = sock;
         return file;
 }