1 files changed, 18 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index a49897d05325..6d678c99512e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -164,34 +164,28 @@ static int dev_mkdir(const char *name, mode_t mode)
 
 static int create_path(const char *nodepath)
 {
+        char *path;
+        char *s;
         int err;
 
-        err = dev_mkdir(nodepath, 0755);
-        if (err == -ENOENT) {
-                char *path;
-                char *s;
+        /* parent directories do not exist, create them */
+        path = kstrdup(nodepath, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!path)
+                return -ENOMEM;
 
-                /* parent directories do not exist, create them */
-                path = kstrdup(nodepath, GFP_KERNEL);
-                if (!path) {
-                        err = -ENOMEM;
-                        goto out;
-                }
-                s = path;
-                for (;;) {
-                        s = strchr(s, '/');
-                        if (!s)
-                                break;
-                        s[0] = '\0';
-                        err = dev_mkdir(path, 0755);
-                        if (err && err != -EEXIST)
-                                break;
-                        s[0] = '/';
-                        s++;
-                }
-                kfree(path);
+        s = path;
+        for (;;) {
+                s = strchr(s, '/');
+                if (!s)
+                        break;
+                s[0] = '\0';
+                err = dev_mkdir(path, 0755);
+                if (err && err != -EEXIST)
+                        break;
+                s[0] = '/';
+                s++;
         }
-out:
+        kfree(path);
         return err;
 }