diff --git a/fs/autofs/inode.c b/fs/autofs/inode.c
index 0e8ea2d9a2bb..078992eee299 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/inode.c
@@ -266,8 +266,10 @@ int autofs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 	root_inode = autofs_get_inode(s, S_IFDIR | 0755);
 	root = d_make_root(root_inode);
-	if (!root)
+	if (!root) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail_ino;
+	}
 	pipe = NULL;
 
 	root->d_fsdata = ino;