diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index e0c404bdc4a8333d60cef68189e8d2513d7ccc1a..4977082e081f2303542d34ef230c5d199b2b2f31 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ static int create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 {
 	int error;
 
-	*dentry = NULL;
 	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	*dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
 	if (!IS_ERR(*dentry))
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
index cab610ccd50e3d2cdf5efaf220dfd8ad5a95cc06..81854586c081fee37e0b3933a26d08e5e8b4e815 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ static int create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 {
 	int error;
 
-	*dentry = NULL;
 	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	*dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
 	if (!IS_ERR(*dentry))