diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 5c5137c1..6a28842 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
 	v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(dir);
 	dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
 	if (IS_ERR(dfid))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(dfid));
+		return ERR_CAST(dfid);
 
 	name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
 	fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index a42143c..b407e9e 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 	bh = affs_find_entry(dir, dentry);
 	affs_unlock_dir(dir);
 	if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(bh));
+		return ERR_CAST(bh);
 	}
 	if (bh) {
 		u32 ino = bh->b_blocknr;
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 0cc3597..b58af8f 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
 	key = afs_request_key(vnode->volume->cell);
 	if (IS_ERR(key)) {
 		_leave(" = %ld [key]", PTR_ERR(key));
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(key));
+		return ERR_CAST(key);
 	}
 
 	ret = afs_validate(vnode, key);
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
 	key_put(key);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		_leave(" = %ld", PTR_ERR(inode));
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
+		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	}
 
 	dentry->d_op = &afs_fs_dentry_operations;
diff --git a/fs/afs/security.c b/fs/afs/security.c
index 566fe71..9446a1f 100644
--- a/fs/afs/security.c
+++ b/fs/afs/security.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 		auth_inode = afs_iget(vnode->vfs_inode.i_sb, key,
 				      &vnode->status.parent, NULL, NULL);
 		if (IS_ERR(auth_inode))
-			return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(auth_inode));
+			return ERR_CAST(auth_inode);
 	}
 
 	auth_vnode = AFS_FS_I(auth_inode);
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 24c0aaa..3a3d491 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
 	inode = fat_build_inode(child->d_sb, de, i_pos);
 	brelse(bh);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-		parent = ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
+		parent = ERR_CAST(inode);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	parent = d_alloc_anon(inode);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index f56f91b..7fb514b 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@
 
 	req = fuse_get_req(fc);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(req));
+		return ERR_CAST(req);
 
 	forget_req = fuse_get_req(fc);
 	if (IS_ERR(forget_req)) {
 		fuse_put_request(fc, req);
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(forget_req));
+		return ERR_CAST(forget_req);
 	}
 
 	attr_version = fuse_get_attr_version(fc);
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@
 	char *link;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(req));
+		return ERR_CAST(req);
 
 	link = (char *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!link) {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.c b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
index 57e2ed9..c347095 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@
 	dent = gfs2_dirent_search(dir, name, gfs2_dirent_find, &bh);
 	if (dent) {
 		if (IS_ERR(dent))
-			return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(dent));
+			return ERR_CAST(dent);
 		inode = gfs2_inode_lookup(dir->i_sb, 
 				be16_to_cpu(dent->de_type),
 				be64_to_cpu(dent->de_inum.no_addr),
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
index b9da623..334c7f8 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_export.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 	 * have to return that as a(n invalid) pointer to dentry.
 	 */
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
+		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 
 	dentry = d_alloc_anon(inode);
 	if (!dentry) {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
index 9f71372..e874129 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
 	inode = gfs2_lookupi(dir, &dentry->d_name, 0, nd);
 	if (inode && IS_ERR(inode))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
+		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 
 	if (inode) {
 		struct gfs2_glock *gl = GFS2_I(inode)->i_gl;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/write.c b/fs/jffs2/write.c
index 147e2cb..1b88e6e 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/write.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/write.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 		void *hold_err = fn->raw;
 		/* Release the full_dnode which is now useless, and return */
 		jffs2_free_full_dnode(fn);
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(hold_err));
+		return ERR_CAST(hold_err);
 	}
 	fn->ofs = je32_to_cpu(ri->offset);
 	fn->size = je32_to_cpu(ri->dsize);
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
 		void *hold_err = fd->raw;
 		/* Release the full_dirent which is now useless, and return */
 		jffs2_free_full_dirent(fd);
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(hold_err));
+		return ERR_CAST(hold_err);
 	}
 
 	if (retried) {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/getroot.c b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
index e6242cd..fae9719 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/getroot.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/getroot.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 	inode = nfs_fhget(sb, mntfh, fsinfo.fattr);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		dprintk("nfs_get_root: get root inode failed\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
+		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	}
 
 	error = nfs_superblock_set_dummy_root(sb, inode);
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
 	inode = nfs_fhget(sb, mntfh, &fattr);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		dprintk("nfs_get_root: get root inode failed\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
+		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	}
 
 	error = nfs_superblock_set_dummy_root(sb, inode);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 79b4bf8..346570f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -1218,13 +1218,13 @@
 	struct svc_export *exp;
 	struct svc_expkey *ek = exp_find_key(clp, fsid_type, fsidv, reqp);
 	if (IS_ERR(ek))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(ek));
+		return ERR_CAST(ek);
 
 	exp = exp_get_by_name(clp, ek->ek_mnt, ek->ek_dentry, reqp);
 	cache_put(&ek->h, &svc_expkey_cache);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(exp))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(exp));
+		return ERR_CAST(exp);
 	return exp;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/quota.c b/fs/quota.c
index 99b24b5..84f28dd 100644
--- a/fs/quota.c
+++ b/fs/quota.c
@@ -341,11 +341,11 @@
 	char *tmp = getname(special);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(tmp))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(tmp));
+		return ERR_CAST(tmp);
 	bdev = lookup_bdev(tmp);
 	putname(tmp);
 	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(bdev));
+		return ERR_CAST(bdev);
 	sb = get_super(bdev);
 	bdput(bdev);
 	if (!sb)
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 1953098..5791793 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@
 	if (!inode)
 		inode = ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
+		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	result = d_alloc_anon(inode);
 	if (!result) {
 		iput(inode);
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index a5bd23c..eba037b 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 
 	xadir = open_xa_dir(inode, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(xadir)) {
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(xadir));
+		return ERR_CAST(xadir);
 	} else if (xadir && !xadir->d_inode) {
 		dput(xadir);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 	xafile = lookup_one_len(name, xadir, strlen(name));
 	if (IS_ERR(xafile)) {
 		dput(xadir);
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(xafile));
+		return ERR_CAST(xafile);
 	}
 
 	if (xafile->d_inode) {	/* file exists */
diff --git a/fs/vfat/namei.c b/fs/vfat/namei.c
index c28add2..cd450be 100644
--- a/fs/vfat/namei.c
+++ b/fs/vfat/namei.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@
 	brelse(sinfo.bh);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		unlock_kernel();
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
+		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	}
 	alias = d_find_alias(inode);
 	if (alias) {