diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index a3ed3c811dfa..df42e4cb4dc4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ xfs_vn_lookup(
 	struct dentry	*dentry,
 	unsigned int flags)
 {
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct xfs_inode *cip;
 	struct xfs_name	name;
 	int		error;
@@ -269,14 +270,13 @@ xfs_vn_lookup(
 
 	xfs_dentry_to_name(&name, dentry);
 	error = xfs_lookup(XFS_I(dir), &name, &cip, NULL);
-	if (unlikely(error)) {
-		if (unlikely(error != -ENOENT))
-			return ERR_PTR(error);
-		d_add(dentry, NULL);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return d_splice_alias(VFS_I(cip), dentry);
+	if (likely(!error))
+		inode = VFS_I(cip);
+	else if (likely(error == -ENOENT))
+		inode = NULL;
+	else
+		inode = ERR_PTR(error);
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
 STATIC struct dentry *