diff -NurpP linux-2.6.22.19-vs2.2.0.7/fs/namei.c linux-2.6.22.19-vs2.2.0.7.1/fs/namei.c
--- linux-2.6.22.19-vs2.2.0.7/fs/namei.c	2008-01-18 12:59:22 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.22.19-vs2.2.0.7.1/fs/namei.c	2008-11-01 19:24:11 +0100
@@ -2807,14 +2807,16 @@ retry:
 
 	/* this puppy downs the inode mutex */
 	new_dentry = lookup_create(&dir_nd, 0);
-	vxdprintk(VXD_CBIT(misc, 2),
-		"lookup_create(new): %p [»%.*s«:%d]", new_dentry,
-		new_dentry->d_name.len, new_dentry->d_name.name,
-		new_dentry->d_name.len);
 	if (!new_dentry || IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
+		vxdprintk(VXD_CBIT(misc, 2),
+			"lookup_create(new): %ld", PTR_ERR(new_dentry));
 		path_release(&dir_nd);
 		goto retry;
 	}
+	vxdprintk(VXD_CBIT(misc, 2),
+		"lookup_create(new): %p [»%.*s«:%d]", new_dentry,
+		new_dentry->d_name.len, new_dentry->d_name.name,
+		new_dentry->d_name.len);
 	dir = dir_nd.dentry;
 
 	ret = vfs_create(dir_nd.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry, mode, &dir_nd);