diff -ru linux-2.6.0-test5/fs/ufs/namei.c linux-2.6.0-test5.new/fs/ufs/namei.c
--- linux-2.6.0-test5/fs/ufs/namei.c	2003-09-08 15:50:57.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.0-test5.new/fs/ufs/namei.c	2003-09-08 19:18:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -113,10 +113,12 @@
 static int ufs_mknod (struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev)
 {
 	struct inode * inode;
+	int err;
+
 	if (!old_valid_dev(rdev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	inode = ufs_new_inode(dir, mode);
-	int err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		init_special_inode(inode, mode, rdev);
 		/* NOTE: that'll go when we get wide dev_t */