1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c
index 1d5d31ea686b..dc1404bf8e4b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int __init create_setup_data_nodes(struct dentry *parent)
 {
         struct setup_data_node *node;
         struct setup_data *data;
-        int error = -ENOMEM;
+        int error;
         struct dentry *d;
         struct page *pg;
         u64 pa_data;
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ static int __init create_setup_data_nodes(struct dentry *parent)
 
         while (pa_data) {
                 node = kmalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_KERNEL);
-                if (!node)
+                if (!node) {
+                        error = -ENOMEM;
                         goto err_dir;
+                }
 
                 pg = pfn_to_page((pa_data+sizeof(*data)-1) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
                 if (PageHighMem(pg)) {