--- 49278f830367eec97d34e862992d6f7f16e1e899
+++ ea1e6de3d6d9a54e68cffc431d0c3e8828d94964
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void rpc_purge_list(struct rpc_in
 		return;
 	do {
 		msg = list_entry(head->next, struct rpc_pipe_msg, list);
-		list_del(&msg->list);
+		list_del_init(&msg->list);
 		msg->errno = err;
 		destroy_msg(msg);
 	} while (!list_empty(head));
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ rpc_pipe_release(struct inode *inode, st
 	if (msg != NULL) {
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		msg->errno = -EAGAIN;
-		list_del(&msg->list);
+		list_del_init(&msg->list);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		rpci->ops->destroy_msg(msg);
 	}
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ rpc_pipe_read(struct file *filp, char __
 	if (res < 0 || msg->len == msg->copied) {
 		filp->private_data = NULL;
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-		list_del(&msg->list);
+		list_del_init(&msg->list);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		rpci->ops->destroy_msg(msg);
 	}
@@ -587,6 +587,8 @@ static struct dentry *__rpc_lookup_creat
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
 	dentry = __rpc_lookup_create(parent, name);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		return dentry;
 	if (dentry->d_inode == NULL)
 		return dentry;
 	dput(dentry);