diff --git a/mm/mlock.c b/mm/mlock.c
index 25936680064f..7e6ad9c4c549 100644
--- a/mm/mlock.c
+++ b/mm/mlock.c
@@ -684,14 +684,13 @@ out:
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(mlockall, int, flags)
 {
 	unsigned long lock_limit;
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!flags || (flags & ~(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE)))
-		goto out;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = -EPERM;
 	if (!can_do_mlock())
-		goto out;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (flags & MCL_CURRENT)
 		lru_add_drain_all();	/* flush pagevec */
@@ -708,7 +707,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(mlockall, int, flags)
 	up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	if (!ret && (flags & MCL_CURRENT))
 		mm_populate(0, TASK_SIZE);
-out:
+
 	return ret;
 }