diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
index 4690cd75d8d7..3986c7a1f6a8 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_get_parent(struct dentry *child_dent)
 	/* Get the mft record of the inode belonging to the child dentry. */
 	mrec = map_mft_record(ni);
 	if (IS_ERR(mrec))
-		return (struct dentry *)mrec;
+		return ERR_CAST(mrec);
 	/* Find the first file name attribute in the mft record. */
 	ctx = ntfs_attr_get_search_ctx(ni, mrec);
 	if (unlikely(!ctx)) {