diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index 1a224a33a6c23c362e1bbacb8150bb9bbf02b3fd..e5686be67be8d361a32344e3aaaae235d739ffd7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ struct vfsmount *nfs_do_submount(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_fh *fh,
 
 	devname = nfs_devname(dentry, page, PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (IS_ERR(devname))
-		mnt = (struct vfsmount *)devname;
+		mnt = ERR_CAST(devname);
 	else
 		mnt = nfs_do_clone_mount(NFS_SB(dentry->d_sb), devname, &mountdata);