1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/utsname.c b/kernel/utsname.c
index 160c8c5136bd..3ae43936bd88 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/uts.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 /*
  * Clone a new ns copying an original utsname, setting refcount to 1
@@ -24,10 +25,11 @@ static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
         struct uts_namespace *ns;
 
         ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct uts_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (ns) {
-                memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
-                kref_init(&ns->kref);
-        }
+        if (!ns)
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+        memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
+        kref_init(&ns->kref);
         return ns;
 }