diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ba4fe15a1bd8..475c26c4c166 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 51f72f4a0f92e4abde33a8bca0fac9667575d035
+refs/heads/master: 0eb97f38d2bfaea289b44c5140a7b04e7b369bad
diff --git a/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index ebe8b3076db7..722ec116208d 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ static struct ctl_dir *get_subdir(struct ctl_dir *dir,
 {
 	struct ctl_table_set *set = dir->header.set;
 	struct ctl_dir *subdir, *new = NULL;
+	int err;
 
 	spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
 	subdir = find_subdir(dir, name, namelen);
@@ -890,7 +891,9 @@ static struct ctl_dir *get_subdir(struct ctl_dir *dir,
 	if (PTR_ERR(subdir) != -ENOENT)
 		goto failed;
 
-	if (insert_header(dir, &new->header))
+	err = insert_header(dir, &new->header);
+	subdir = ERR_PTR(err);
+	if (err)
 		goto failed;
 	subdir = new;
 found: