1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index d4cb8c127063..842bd7ad4b17 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ struct tipc_node *tipc_node_create(struct net *net, u32 addr)
         struct tipc_node *n_ptr, *temp_node;
 
         spin_lock_bh(&tn->node_list_lock);
-
+        n_ptr = tipc_node_find(net, addr);
+        if (n_ptr)
+                goto exit;
         n_ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(*n_ptr), GFP_ATOMIC);
         if (!n_ptr) {
-                spin_unlock_bh(&tn->node_list_lock);
                 pr_warn("Node creation failed, no memory\n");
-                return NULL;
+                goto exit;
         }
-
         n_ptr->addr = addr;
         n_ptr->net = net;
         spin_lock_init(&n_ptr->lock);
@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@ struct tipc_node *tipc_node_create(struct net *net, u32 addr)
         list_add_tail_rcu(&n_ptr->list, &temp_node->list);
         n_ptr->action_flags = TIPC_WAIT_PEER_LINKS_DOWN;
         n_ptr->signature = INVALID_NODE_SIG;
-
         tn->num_nodes++;
-
+exit:
         spin_unlock_bh(&tn->node_list_lock);
         return n_ptr;
 }