diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index bb535a7737b5..1d67d7f92a46 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ xfs_fs_alloc_inode(
 	struct super_block	*sb)
 {
 	BUG();
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*