1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 64e2b379a350..c82e09bbc5fd 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ static int mtd_blktrans_thread(void *arg)
         struct request_queue *rq = tr->blkcore_priv->rq;
         struct request *req = NULL;
 
-        /* we might get involved when memory gets low, so use PF_MEMALLOC */
-        current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
-
         spin_lock_irq(rq->queue_lock);
 
         while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
@@ -381,7 +378,7 @@ int register_mtd_blktrans(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr)
         tr->blkcore_priv->thread = kthread_run(mtd_blktrans_thread, tr,
                         "%sd", tr->name);
         if (IS_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread)) {
-                int ret = PTR_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread);
+                ret = PTR_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread);
                 blk_cleanup_queue(tr->blkcore_priv->rq);
                 unregister_blkdev(tr->major, tr->name);
                 kfree(tr->blkcore_priv);