diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index eee9487..6846785 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@
 			FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
 			&hugetlbfs_file_operations);
 	if (!file)
-		goto out_inode;
+		goto out_dentry; /* inode is already attached */
 
 	return file;