1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index ae5167087845..5c5987f10819 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -565,19 +565,12 @@ static int kallsyms_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
          * using get_symbol_offset for every symbol.
          */
         struct kallsym_iter *iter;
-        int ret;
-
-        iter = kmalloc(sizeof(*iter), GFP_KERNEL);
+        iter = __seq_open_private(file, &kallsyms_op, sizeof(*iter));
         if (!iter)
                 return -ENOMEM;
         reset_iter(iter, 0);
 
-        ret = seq_open(file, &kallsyms_op);
-        if (ret == 0)
-                ((struct seq_file *)file->private_data)->private = iter;
-        else
-                kfree(iter);
-        return ret;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 #ifdef  CONFIG_KGDB_KDB