1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 9ea45383480e..20e30c6f8355 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -587,6 +587,8 @@ static struct dentry *__rpc_lookup_create_exclusive(struct dentry *parent,
         struct dentry *dentry;
 
         dentry = __rpc_lookup_create(parent, name);
+        if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+                return dentry;
         if (dentry->d_inode == NULL)
                 return dentry;
         dput(dentry);
@@ -999,19 +1001,14 @@ rpc_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
         inode = rpc_get_inode(sb, S_IFDIR | 0755);
         if (!inode)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        root = d_alloc_root(inode);
+        sb->s_root = root = d_alloc_root(inode);
         if (!root) {
                 iput(inode);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
         if (rpc_populate(root, files, RPCAUTH_lockd, RPCAUTH_RootEOF, NULL))
-                goto out;
-        sb->s_root = root;
+                return -ENOMEM;
         return 0;
-out:
-        d_genocide(root);
-        dput(root);
-        return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int