diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 51bde45d5865..1f9bc63eb295 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ struct inode *nilfs_iget_for_shadow(struct inode *inode)
 	if (unlikely(!s_inode))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	if (!(inode_state_read_once(s_inode) & I_NEW))
-		return inode;
+		return s_inode;
 
 	NILFS_I(s_inode)->i_flags = 0;
 	memset(NILFS_I(s_inode)->i_bmap, 0, sizeof(struct nilfs_bmap));