diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/create.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/create.c
index f82fd5b7ade..d0b92ccbe54 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/create.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/io/create.c
@@ -409,6 +409,11 @@ IoCreateFile(OUT PHANDLE		FileHandle,
        Status = _SEH_GetExceptionCode();
      }
      _SEH_END;
+     
+     if(!NT_SUCCESS(Status))
+     {
+       return Status;
+     }
    }
    else
    {