diff --git a/fs/hfs/dir.c b/fs/hfs/dir.c
index 75b254280ff6..3bf2ae0e467c 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/dir.c
@@ -31,21 +31,15 @@ static struct dentry *hfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	hfs_cat_build_key(dir->i_sb, fd.search_key, dir->i_ino, &dentry->d_name);
 	res = hfs_brec_read(&fd, &rec, sizeof(rec));
 	if (res) {
-		hfs_find_exit(&fd);
-		if (res == -ENOENT) {
-			/* No such entry */
-			inode = NULL;
-			goto done;
-		}
-		return ERR_PTR(res);
+		if (res != -ENOENT)
+			inode = ERR_PTR(res);
+	} else {
+		inode = hfs_iget(dir->i_sb, &fd.search_key->cat, &rec);
+		if (!inode)
+			inode = ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
 	}
-	inode = hfs_iget(dir->i_sb, &fd.search_key->cat, &rec);
 	hfs_find_exit(&fd);
-	if (!inode)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
-done:
-	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	return NULL;
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/hfs/inode.c b/fs/hfs/inode.c
index 2538b49cc349..0612fa367bd1 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/inode.c
@@ -544,8 +544,7 @@ static struct dentry *hfs_file_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	hlist_add_fake(&inode->i_hash);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 out:
-	d_add(dentry, inode);
-	return NULL;
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
 }
 
 void hfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)