1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 793f37176077..0eb7b868e1ab 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -4158,7 +4158,7 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
         struct cgroup *cgrp;
         struct cgroup_name *name;
         struct cgroupfs_root *root = parent->root;
-        int ssid, err = 0;
+        int ssid, err;
         struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
         struct super_block *sb = root->sb;
 
@@ -4168,8 +4168,10 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         name = cgroup_alloc_name(dentry);
-        if (!name)
+        if (!name) {
+                err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto err_free_cgrp;
+        }
         rcu_assign_pointer(cgrp->name, name);
 
         /*
@@ -4177,8 +4179,10 @@ static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
          * a half-baked cgroup.
          */
         cgrp->id = idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, NULL, 1, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (cgrp->id < 0)
+        if (cgrp->id < 0) {
+                err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto err_free_name;
+        }
 
         /*
          * Only live parents can have children.  Note that the liveliness