--- net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c

+++ net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c

@@ -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);