diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/export.c b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
index 827fc9809bc2..9f88188060db 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		mlog_errno(PTR_ERR(inode));
-		result = (void *)inode;
+		result = ERR_CAST(inode);
 		goto bail;
 	}