diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e1163a9eb27c..722ad87db343 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f6940fe9092e796119af691c7f722c252f4fc524
+refs/heads/master: 097b180ca09b581ef0dc24fbcfc1b227de3875df
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index e2ba62820a0f..f79aef16320b 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 	/* Why this, you ask?  _Now_ we might have grown LOOKUP_JUMPED... */
 	error = complete_walk(nd);
 	if (error)
-		goto exit;
+		return ERR_PTR(error);
 	error = -EISDIR;
 	if (S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode))
 		goto exit;