diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index b7d4216db3c3..a4de9d58e9b4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static int create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 		error = ipathfs_mknod(parent->d_inode, *dentry,
 				      mode, fops, data);
 	else
-		error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+		error = PTR_ERR(*dentry);
 	mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	return error;