diff --git a/fs/hpfs/namei.c b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
index 1aee39160ac5..bc1309ef4cfa 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/namei.c
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ static int hpfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	dee.fnode = cpu_to_le32(fno);
 	dee.creation_date = dee.write_date = dee.read_date = cpu_to_le32(local_get_seconds(dir->i_sb));
 	result = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
-	if (!result)
+	if (!result) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto bail2;
+	}
 	hpfs_init_inode(result);
 	result->i_ino = fno;
 	hpfs_i(result)->i_parent_dir = dir->i_ino;
@@ -154,9 +156,10 @@ static int hpfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, b
 	dee.creation_date = dee.write_date = dee.read_date = cpu_to_le32(local_get_seconds(dir->i_sb));
 
 	result = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
-	if (!result)
+	if (!result) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto bail1;
-	
+	}
 	hpfs_init_inode(result);
 	result->i_ino = fno;
 	result->i_mode |= S_IFREG;
@@ -241,9 +244,10 @@ static int hpfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode, de
 	dee.creation_date = dee.write_date = dee.read_date = cpu_to_le32(local_get_seconds(dir->i_sb));
 
 	result = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
-	if (!result)
+	if (!result) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto bail1;
-
+	}
 	hpfs_init_inode(result);
 	result->i_ino = fno;
 	hpfs_i(result)->i_parent_dir = dir->i_ino;
@@ -317,8 +321,10 @@ static int hpfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *sy
 	dee.creation_date = dee.write_date = dee.read_date = cpu_to_le32(local_get_seconds(dir->i_sb));
 
 	result = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
-	if (!result)
+	if (!result) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto bail1;
+	}
 	result->i_ino = fno;
 	hpfs_init_inode(result);
 	hpfs_i(result)->i_parent_dir = dir->i_ino;