diff --git a/fs/squashfs/namei.c b/fs/squashfs/namei.c
index 4bc63ac64bc01bdbbc01cc6a22e5494b06a876ae..51b36958492b0e335ab5a4fadd6cef7026643504 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/namei.c
@@ -232,10 +232,7 @@ static struct dentry *squashfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 exit_lookup:
 	kfree(dire);
-	if (inode)
-		return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
-	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	return ERR_PTR(0);
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 
 data_error:
 	err = -EIO;