diff -U 8 -r linux-2.6.25-rc3-git3/fs/romfs/inode.c linux/fs/romfs/inode.c
--- linux-2.6.25-rc3-git3/fs/romfs/inode.c	2008-03-03 09:05:38.000000000 -0800
+++ linux/fs/romfs/inode.c	2008-03-03 09:06:03.000000000 -0800
@@ -342,16 +342,17 @@
 	unsigned long offset, maxoff;
 	int fslen, res;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	char fsname[ROMFS_MAXFN];	/* XXX dynamic? */
 	struct romfs_inode ri;
 	const char *name;		/* got from dentry */
 	int len;
 
+	inode = NULL;
 	res = -EACCES;			/* placeholder for "no data here" */
 	offset = dir->i_ino & ROMFH_MASK;
 	lock_kernel();
 	if (romfs_copyfrom(dir, &ri, offset, ROMFH_SIZE) <= 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	maxoff = romfs_maxsize(dir->i_sb);
 	offset = be32_to_cpu(ri.spec) & ROMFH_MASK;
@@ -404,17 +405,17 @@
 	 * it's a bit funky, _lookup needs to return an error code
 	 * (negative) or a NULL, both as a dentry.  ENOENT should not
 	 * be returned, instead we need to create a negative dentry by
 	 * d_add(dentry, NULL); and return 0 as no error.
 	 * (Although as I see, it only matters on writable file
 	 * systems).
 	 */
 
-out0:	inode = NULL;
+out0:
 	res = 0;
 	d_add (dentry, inode);
 
 out:	unlock_kernel();
 	return ERR_PTR(res);
 }
 
 /*