diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d5d314c9bcb9..6af1cf3c840b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fa38e92cb34e27e60d0faf1035934eb9b44aa1d4
+refs/heads/master: 87cfa004321c62aec681713ea48e0b846336d9f4
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/trunk/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 485a6aa0ad39..f594f300d4cd 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	inode = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		status = PTR_ERR(inode);
+	if (!inode) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "new_inode failed!\n");
 		goto leave;
 	}