diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 2ac99db3750ef7b2d2bf3e9ea9e90e69320a0d83..5a7b3229b956ea99fe57b1e88f7d8234b5fee690 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -730,15 +730,13 @@ static int hostfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 
 	init_special_inode(inode, mode, dev);
 	err = do_mknod(name, mode, MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
-	if (!err)
+	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
 
 	err = read_name(inode, name);
 	__putname(name);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_put;
-	if (err)
-		goto out_put;
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	return 0;