diff --git a/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.cpp b/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.cpp
index 772433cc..b0f2df99 100644
--- a/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/fs/tmpfs/FileSystem.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace TmpFS
 {
     Result<SharedPtr<VFS::FileSystem>> FileSystem::create()
     {
-        SharedPtr<FileSystem> fs = TRY(adopt_shared(new (std::nothrow) FileSystem()));
+        SharedPtr<FileSystem> fs = TRY(adopt_shared_if_nonnull(new (std::nothrow) FileSystem()));
         SharedPtr<VFS::Inode> root = TRY(fs->create_dir_inode({}));
         fs->set_root(root);
         return (SharedPtr<VFS::FileSystem>)fs;