diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 4d457d699c1f..4d89c4c9336c 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1848,7 +1848,6 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
 {
 	struct swap_info_struct *p;
 	unsigned int type;
-	int error;
 
 	p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!p)
@@ -1859,11 +1858,10 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
 		if (!(swap_info[type]->flags & SWP_USED))
 			break;
 	}
-	error = -EPERM;
 	if (type >= MAX_SWAPFILES) {
 		spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
 		kfree(p);
-		goto out;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 	}
 	if (type >= nr_swapfiles) {
 		p->type = type;
@@ -1889,9 +1887,6 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
 	spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
 
 	return p;
-
-out:
-	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __user *, specialfile, int, swap_flags)