diff --git a/fs/omfs/dir.c b/fs/omfs/dir.c
index b7146526afff..4bee3a72b9f3 100644
--- a/fs/omfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/omfs/dir.c
@@ -305,11 +305,10 @@ static struct dentry *omfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		ino_t ino = be64_to_cpu(oi->i_head.h_self);
 		brelse(bh);
 		inode = omfs_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
-		if (IS_ERR(inode))
-			return ERR_CAST(inode);
+	} else if (bh != ERR_PTR(-ENOENT)) {
+		inode = ERR_CAST(bh);
 	}
-	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	return NULL;
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
 /* sanity check block's self pointer */