diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7c35c5127b0f..557b93d5d8c7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0124cc45113f93b52c76589dc596a026917859bb
+refs/heads/master: efb79f289f0a7e7fbfc82f78959093bf7d1558b9
diff --git a/trunk/fs/cifs/dir.c b/trunk/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 46e455ece573..5699b5036ed8 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -457,8 +457,10 @@ cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 		 inode, direntry->d_name.name, direntry);
 
 	tlink = cifs_sb_tlink(CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb));
-	if (IS_ERR(tlink))
+	if (IS_ERR(tlink)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(tlink);
 		goto out_free_xid;
+	}
 
 	tcon = tlink_tcon(tlink);
 	server = tcon->ses->server;