diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
index 97b40ce133f0..4a6366a42129 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c
@@ -515,13 +515,13 @@ static int fs_create_by_name (const char *name, mode_t mode,
 	*dentry = NULL;
 	mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	*dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
-	if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+	if (!IS_ERR(*dentry)) {
 		if ((mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
 			error = usbfs_mkdir (parent->d_inode, *dentry, mode);
 		else 
 			error = usbfs_create (parent->d_inode, *dentry, mode);
 	} else
-		error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+		error = PTR_ERR(*dentry);
 	mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	return error;