diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 42ccb97cc260..94fd0fa2d647 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(mknodat, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, int, mode,
 		goto out_drop_write;
 	switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
 		case 0: case S_IFREG:
-			error = vfs_create(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,dentry,mode,&nd);
+			error = vfs_create(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,dentry,mode,NULL);
 			break;
 		case S_IFCHR: case S_IFBLK:
 			error = vfs_mknod(nd.path.dentry->d_inode,dentry,mode,