diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9ba7fd20ad1f..f66e9476ac69 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: cbd9c883696da72b2b1f03f909dbacc04bbf8b58
+refs/heads/master: e49452c67703d3647467d65275fb893589384fed
diff --git a/trunk/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/trunk/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 337162935d21..b197016bbfbe 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -678,8 +678,10 @@ static struct dentry * sysfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	sd = sysfs_find_dirent(parent_sd, dentry->d_name.name);
 
 	/* no such entry */
-	if (!sd)
+	if (!sd) {
+		ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
 	/* attach dentry and inode */
 	inode = sysfs_get_inode(sd);