1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 911d846f0503..fe4713347275 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1680,43 +1680,45 @@ static __init int sysctl_init(void)
 
 core_initcall(sysctl_init);
 
-static int is_branch_in(struct ctl_table *branch, struct ctl_table *table)
+static struct ctl_table *is_branch_in(struct ctl_table *branch,
+                                      struct ctl_table *table)
 {
         struct ctl_table *p;
         const char *s = branch->procname;
 
         /* branch should have named subdirectory as its first element */
         if (!s || !branch->child)
-                return 0;
+                return NULL;
 
         /* ... and nothing else */
         if (branch[1].procname || branch[1].ctl_name)
-                return 0;
+                return NULL;
 
         /* table should contain subdirectory with the same name */
         for (p = table; p->procname || p->ctl_name; p++) {
                 if (!p->child)
                         continue;
                 if (p->procname && strcmp(p->procname, s) == 0)
-                        return 1;
+                        return p;
         }
-        return 0;
+        return NULL;
 }
 
 /* see if attaching q to p would be an improvement */
 static void try_attach(struct ctl_table_header *p, struct ctl_table_header *q)
 {
         struct ctl_table *to = p->ctl_table, *by = q->ctl_table;
+        struct ctl_table *next;
         int is_better = 0;
         int not_in_parent = !p->attached_by;
 
-        while (is_branch_in(by, to)) {
+        while ((next = is_branch_in(by, to)) != NULL) {
                 if (by == q->attached_by)
                         is_better = 1;
                 if (to == p->attached_by)
                         not_in_parent = 1;
                 by = by->child;
-                to = to->child;
+                to = next->child;
         }
 
         if (is_better && not_in_parent) {