diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 4fd3090..a86c1d5 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
 		CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPSNAP : CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUP;
 	req = ceph_mdsc_create_request(mdsc, op, USE_ANY_MDS);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(req));
+		return ERR_CAST(req);
 	req->r_dentry = dget(dentry);
 	req->r_num_caps = 2;
 	/* we only need inode linkage */
diff --git a/fs/ceph/export.c b/fs/ceph/export.c
index 1744764..4480cb1 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/export.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/export.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 		req = ceph_mdsc_create_request(mdsc, CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPHASH,
 					       USE_ANY_MDS);
 		if (IS_ERR(req))
-			return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(req));
+			return ERR_CAST(req);
 
 		req->r_ino1 = vino;
 		req->r_ino2.ino = cfh->parent_ino;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 0611ec3..f06f902 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 	/* do the open */
 	req = prepare_open_request(dir->i_sb, flags, mode);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(req));
+		return ERR_CAST(req);
 	req->r_dentry = dget(dentry);
 	req->r_num_caps = 2;
 	if (flags & O_CREAT) {
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index a81b8b6..226f5a5 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(!S_ISDIR(parent->i_mode));
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(inode));
+		return inode;
 	inode->i_mode = parent->i_mode;
 	inode->i_uid = parent->i_uid;
 	inode->i_gid = parent->i_gid;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/osdmap.c b/fs/ceph/osdmap.c
index cfdd8f4..ddc656f 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/osdmap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/osdmap.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@
 		     len, *p, end);
 		newcrush = crush_decode(*p, min(*p+len, end));
 		if (IS_ERR(newcrush))
-			return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(newcrush));
+			return ERR_CAST(newcrush);
 	}
 
 	/* new flags? */
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index bac1389..9b46bb9 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@
 	dout("open_root_inode opening '%s'\n", path);
 	req = ceph_mdsc_create_request(mdsc, CEPH_MDS_OP_GETATTR, USE_ANY_MDS);
 	if (IS_ERR(req))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(req));
+		return ERR_CAST(req);
 	req->r_path1 = kstrdup(path, GFP_NOFS);
 	req->r_ino1.ino = CEPH_INO_ROOT;
 	req->r_ino1.snap = CEPH_NOSNAP;