diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 6cdf23f..8ca70b1 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
 	return rc;
 }
 
-struct file *
+int
 cifs_atomic_open(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry,
 		 struct opendata *od, unsigned oflags, umode_t mode,
 		 int *opened)
@@ -403,15 +403,15 @@
 	if (!(oflags & O_CREAT)) {
 		struct dentry *res = cifs_lookup(inode, direntry, NULL);
 		if (IS_ERR(res))
-			return ERR_CAST(res);
+			return PTR_ERR(res);
 
 		finish_no_open(od, res);
-		return NULL;
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	rc = check_name(direntry);
 	if (rc)
-		return ERR_PTR(rc);
+		return rc;
 
 	xid = GetXid();
 
@@ -428,13 +428,12 @@
 	rc = cifs_do_create(inode, direntry, xid, tlink, oflags, mode,
 			    &oplock, &fileHandle, opened);
 
-	if (rc) {
-		filp = ERR_PTR(rc);
+	if (rc)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	filp = finish_open(od, direntry, generic_file_open, opened);
 	if (IS_ERR(filp)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(filp);
 		CIFSSMBClose(xid, tcon, fileHandle);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -443,14 +442,14 @@
 	if (pfile_info == NULL) {
 		CIFSSMBClose(xid, tcon, fileHandle);
 		fput(filp);
-		filp = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 out:
 	cifs_put_tlink(tlink);
 free_xid:
 	FreeXid(xid);
-	return filp;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 int cifs_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, umode_t mode,