1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/helper.c b/arch/um/kernel/helper.c
index f83e1e8e2392..33fb0bd3b11a 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/helper.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/helper.c
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv,
         data.fd = fds[1];
         pid = clone(helper_child, (void *) sp, CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, &data);
         if(pid < 0){
-                printk("run_helper : clone failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
                 ret = -errno;
+                printk("run_helper : clone failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
                 goto out_close;
         }
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int run_helper_thread(int (*proc)(void *), void *arg, unsigned int flags,
                       unsigned long *stack_out, int stack_order)
 {
         unsigned long stack, sp;
-        int pid, status;
+        int pid, status, err;
 
         stack = alloc_stack(stack_order, um_in_interrupt());
         if(stack == 0) return(-ENOMEM);
@@ -130,16 +130,18 @@ int run_helper_thread(int (*proc)(void *), void *arg, unsigned int flags,
         sp = stack + (page_size() << stack_order) - sizeof(void *);
         pid = clone(proc, (void *) sp, flags | SIGCHLD, arg);
         if(pid < 0){
+                err = -errno;
                 printk("run_helper_thread : clone failed, errno = %d\n", 
                        errno);
-                return(-errno);
+                return err;
         }
         if(stack_out == NULL){
                 CATCH_EINTR(pid = waitpid(pid, &status, 0));
                 if(pid < 0){
+                        err = -errno;
                         printk("run_helper_thread - wait failed, errno = %d\n",
                                errno);
-                        pid = -errno;
+                        pid = err;
                 }
                 if(!WIFEXITED(status) || (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0))
                         printk("run_helper_thread - thread returned status "
@@ -156,8 +158,8 @@ int helper_wait(int pid)
 
         CATCH_EINTR(ret = waitpid(pid, NULL, WNOHANG));
         if(ret < 0){
+                ret = -errno;
                 printk("helper_wait : waitpid failed, errno = %d\n", errno);
-                return(-errno);
         }
         return(ret);
 }