diff --git a/fs/qnx4/inode.c b/fs/qnx4/inode.c
index 638bdb9..b31ab78 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/inode.c
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
 static void qnx4_put_super(struct super_block *sb);
 static struct inode *qnx4_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb);
 static void qnx4_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode);
-static void qnx4_read_inode(struct inode *);
 static int qnx4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data);
 static int qnx4_statfs(struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
 
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@
 {
 	.alloc_inode	= qnx4_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= qnx4_destroy_inode,
-	.read_inode	= qnx4_read_inode,
 	.put_super	= qnx4_put_super,
 	.statfs		= qnx4_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= qnx4_remount,
@@ -357,6 +355,7 @@
 	struct inode *root;
 	const char *errmsg;
 	struct qnx4_sb_info *qs;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	qs = kzalloc(sizeof(struct qnx4_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!qs)
@@ -396,12 +395,14 @@
 	}
 
  	/* does root not have inode number QNX4_ROOT_INO ?? */
- 	root = iget(s, QNX4_ROOT_INO * QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK);
- 	if (!root) {
+	root = qnx4_iget(s, QNX4_ROOT_INO * QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK);
+	if (IS_ERR(root)) {
  		printk("qnx4: get inode failed\n");
+		ret = PTR_ERR(root);
  		goto out;
  	}
 
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
  	s->s_root = d_alloc_root(root);
  	if (s->s_root == NULL)
  		goto outi;
@@ -417,7 +418,7 @@
       outnobh:
 	kfree(qs);
 	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void qnx4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
@@ -462,29 +463,38 @@
 	.bmap		= qnx4_bmap
 };
 
-static void qnx4_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
+struct inode *qnx4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct qnx4_inode_entry *raw_inode;
-	int block, ino;
-	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	struct qnx4_inode_entry *qnx4_inode = qnx4_raw_inode(inode);
+	int block;
+	struct qnx4_inode_entry *qnx4_inode;
+	struct inode *inode;
 
-	ino = inode->i_ino;
+	inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
+	if (!inode)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
+		return inode;
+
+	qnx4_inode = qnx4_raw_inode(inode);
 	inode->i_mode = 0;
 
 	QNX4DEBUG(("Reading inode : [%d]\n", ino));
 	if (!ino) {
-		printk("qnx4: bad inode number on dev %s: %d is out of range\n",
+		printk(KERN_ERR "qnx4: bad inode number on dev %s: %lu is "
+				"out of range\n",
 		       sb->s_id, ino);
-		return;
+		iget_failed(inode);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 	}
 	block = ino / QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK;
 
 	if (!(bh = sb_bread(sb, block))) {
 		printk("qnx4: major problem: unable to read inode from dev "
 		       "%s\n", sb->s_id);
-		return;
+		iget_failed(inode);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 	}
 	raw_inode = ((struct qnx4_inode_entry *) bh->b_data) +
 	    (ino % QNX4_INODES_PER_BLOCK);
@@ -515,9 +525,16 @@
 		inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &qnx4_aops;
 		qnx4_i(inode)->mmu_private = inode->i_size;
-	} else
-		printk("qnx4: bad inode %d on dev %s\n",ino,sb->s_id);
+	} else {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "qnx4: bad inode %lu on dev %s\n",
+			ino, sb->s_id);
+		iget_failed(inode);
+		brelse(bh);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	}
 	brelse(bh);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
+	return inode;
 }
 
 static struct kmem_cache *qnx4_inode_cachep;
diff --git a/fs/qnx4/namei.c b/fs/qnx4/namei.c
index 733cdf0..775eed3 100644
--- a/fs/qnx4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/qnx4/namei.c
@@ -128,10 +128,12 @@
 	}
 	brelse(bh);
 
-	if ((foundinode = iget(dir->i_sb, ino)) == NULL) {
+	foundinode = qnx4_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
+	if (IS_ERR(foundinode)) {
 		unlock_kernel();
-		QNX4DEBUG(("qnx4: lookup->iget -> NULL\n"));
-		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
+		QNX4DEBUG(("qnx4: lookup->iget -> error %ld\n",
+			   PTR_ERR(foundinode)));
+		return ERR_CAST(foundinode);
 	}
 out:
 	unlock_kernel();
diff --git a/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h b/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
index 19bc9b8..34a196e 100644
--- a/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/qnx4_fs.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 	struct inode vfs_inode;
 };
 
+extern struct inode *qnx4_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern struct dentry *qnx4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
 extern unsigned long qnx4_count_free_blocks(struct super_block *sb);
 extern unsigned long qnx4_block_map(struct inode *inode, long iblock);