diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f99234e56725..cf85f059e377 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f48b90756bd834dda852ff514f2690d3175b1f44
+refs/heads/master: 7f59203abeaf18bf3497b308891f95a4489810ad
diff --git a/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 66122bdf8bbf..5eb7459e3782 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1434,8 +1434,8 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_root *root, char *device_path)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	bdev = open_bdev_exclusive(device_path, 0, root->fs_info->bdev_holder);
-	if (!bdev)
-		return -EIO;
+	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
+		return PTR_ERR(bdev);
 
 	if (root->fs_info->fs_devices->seeding) {
 		seeding_dev = 1;