1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index 02cd60aefbff..e8804d373404 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ symlink_hash(unsigned int link_len, const char *link_str, u8 *md5_hash)
 
         md5 = crypto_alloc_shash("md5", 0, 0);
         if (IS_ERR(md5)) {
+                rc = PTR_ERR(md5);
                 cERROR(1, "%s: Crypto md5 allocation error %d\n", __func__, rc);
-                return PTR_ERR(md5);
+                return rc;
         }
         size = sizeof(struct shash_desc) + crypto_shash_descsize(md5);
         sdescmd5 = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);