1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c b/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c
index b5450e9f40c0..b5041c849981 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ mdfour(unsigned char *md4_hash, unsigned char *link_str, int link_len)
 
         md4 = crypto_alloc_shash("md4", 0, 0);
         if (IS_ERR(md4)) {
+                rc = PTR_ERR(md4);
                 cERROR(1, "%s: Crypto md4 allocation error %d\n", __func__, rc);
-                return PTR_ERR(md4);
+                return rc;
         }
         size = sizeof(struct shash_desc) + crypto_shash_descsize(md4);
         sdescmd4 = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);