diff --git a/fs/isofs/namei.c b/fs/isofs/namei.c
index e37e82b7cbf0127281fb12deca7475810906674a..e7ba0c30e0711ff16669c1ec6e0e8cee20be7f74 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/namei.c
@@ -185,8 +185,5 @@ struct dentry *isofs_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, struct n
 		}
 	}
 	unlock_kernel();
-	if (inode)
-		return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
-	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	return NULL;
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }