diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
index 15e06fb552da0f0ae73d07dbf9d733f1880918cb..b5254378f0113ca28d98c793a61528f62ea6f122 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ static struct dentry *hfsplus_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		HFSPLUS_I(inode)->linkid = linkid;
 out:
-	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	return NULL;
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 fail:
 	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);