--- src/sys/vfs/gnu/ext2fs/ext2_vnops.c	2006/04/07 06:38:30	1.29
+++ src/sys/vfs/gnu/ext2fs/ext2_vnops.c	2006/04/27 08:19:29	1.30
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ ext2_symlink(struct vop_old_symlink_args
 		bcopy(ap->a_target, (char *)ip->i_shortlink, len);
 		ip->i_size = len;
 		ip->i_flag |= IN_CHANGE | IN_UPDATE;
-	} else
+	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Make sure we have a VM object in order to use
 		 * the buffer cache.
@@ -1110,6 +1110,8 @@ ext2_symlink(struct vop_old_symlink_args
 		error = vn_rdwr(UIO_WRITE, vp, ap->a_target, len, (off_t)0,
 		    UIO_SYSSPACE, IO_NODELOCKED, ap->a_cnp->cn_cred, (int *)0,
 		    NULL);
+	}
+
 	if (error)
 		vput(vp);
 	return (error);