diff --git a/fs/omfs/inode.c b/fs/omfs/inode.c
index 70d4191cf33d..6ce542c11f98 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/inode.c
@@ -549,8 +549,10 @@ static int omfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(root);
-	if (!sb->s_root)
+	if (!sb->s_root) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_brelse_bh2;
+	}
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "omfs: Mounted volume %s\n", omfs_rb->r_name);
 
 	ret = 0;