diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index e2ba62820a0f35ee0531a4ad6ac0dc6725ad0b58..f79aef16320b2a092d45297b399199a093766179 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 	/* Why this, you ask?  _Now_ we might have grown LOOKUP_JUMPED... */
 	error = complete_walk(nd);
 	if (error)
-		goto exit;
+		return ERR_PTR(error);
 	error = -EISDIR;
 	if (S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode))
 		goto exit;