2 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index c384e8b84dff..acb7ef80ea4f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -2432,7 +2432,7 @@ static struct dentry *proc_base_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
         const struct pid_entry *p = ptr;
         struct inode *inode;
         struct proc_inode *ei;
-        struct dentry *error = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+        struct dentry *error;
 
         /* Allocate the inode */
         error = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -2782,7 +2782,7 @@ out:
 
 struct dentry *proc_pid_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-        struct dentry *result = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+        struct dentry *result;
         struct task_struct *task;
         unsigned tgid;
         struct pid_namespace *ns;
diff --git a/fs/proc/root.c b/fs/proc/root.c
index 757c069f2a65..4258384ed22d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/root.c
+++ b/fs/proc/root.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ void __init proc_root_init(void)
         if (err)
                 return;
         proc_mnt = kern_mount_data(&proc_fs_type, &init_pid_ns);
-        err = PTR_ERR(proc_mnt);
         if (IS_ERR(proc_mnt)) {
                 unregister_filesystem(&proc_fs_type);
                 return;