Goto label 'free' where it will kfree the 'in' is not needed though it's safe to kfree NULL. Return err code directly to simplify the code. 1973 free: 1974 kfree(in); 1975 return err; Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- I stumbled across this little defect. --- drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c index 410cc5fd2523..053fe946e45a 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c @@ -1929,10 +1929,8 @@ int mlx5_ib_alloc_mw(struct ib_mw *ibmw, struct ib_udata *udata) ndescs = req.num_klms ? roundup(req.num_klms, 4) : roundup(1, 4); in = kzalloc(inlen, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!in) { - err = -ENOMEM; - goto free; - } + if (!in) + return -ENOMEM; mkc = MLX5_ADDR_OF(create_mkey_in, in, memory_key_mkey_entry); -- 2.38.1