diff --git a/fs/cramfs/inode.c b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
index 124b093d14e5671e549c77fb9c2c5398f9e93fc1..c4fb9ad7c808175d0a4b358bb3bb13da9e42dabb 100644
--- a/fs/cramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
@@ -808,10 +808,7 @@ static struct dentry *cramfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, un
 	}
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&read_mutex);
-	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		return ERR_CAST(inode);
-	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	return NULL;
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
 static int cramfs_readpage(struct file *file, struct page *page)