diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_object.c b/net/rxrpc/call_object.c
index b0ffbd9664e6..23f5a5f58282 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/call_object.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/call_object.c
@@ -226,9 +226,6 @@ struct rxrpc_call *rxrpc_new_client_call(struct rxrpc_sock *rx,
 			 (const void *)user_call_ID);
 
 	/* Publish the call, even though it is incompletely set up as yet */
-	call->user_call_ID = user_call_ID;
-	__set_bit(RXRPC_CALL_HAS_USERID, &call->flags);
-
 	write_lock(&rx->call_lock);
 
 	pp = &rx->calls.rb_node;
@@ -242,10 +239,12 @@ struct rxrpc_call *rxrpc_new_client_call(struct rxrpc_sock *rx,
 		else if (user_call_ID > xcall->user_call_ID)
 			pp = &(*pp)->rb_right;
 		else
-			goto found_user_ID_now_present;
+			goto error_dup_user_ID;
 	}
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(call->socket, rx);
+	call->user_call_ID = user_call_ID;
+	__set_bit(RXRPC_CALL_HAS_USERID, &call->flags);
 	rxrpc_get_call(call, rxrpc_call_got_userid);
 	rb_link_node(&call->sock_node, parent, pp);
 	rb_insert_color(&call->sock_node, &rx->calls);
@@ -276,33 +275,22 @@ struct rxrpc_call *rxrpc_new_client_call(struct rxrpc_sock *rx,
 	_leave(" = %p [new]", call);
 	return call;
 
-error:
-	write_lock(&rx->call_lock);
-	rb_erase(&call->sock_node, &rx->calls);
-	write_unlock(&rx->call_lock);
-	rxrpc_put_call(call, rxrpc_call_put_userid);
-
-	write_lock(&rxrpc_call_lock);
-	list_del_init(&call->link);
-	write_unlock(&rxrpc_call_lock);
-
-error_out:
-	__rxrpc_set_call_completion(call, RXRPC_CALL_LOCAL_ERROR,
-				    RX_CALL_DEAD, ret);
-	set_bit(RXRPC_CALL_RELEASED, &call->flags);
-	rxrpc_put_call(call, rxrpc_call_put);
-	_leave(" = %d", ret);
-	return ERR_PTR(ret);
-
 	/* We unexpectedly found the user ID in the list after taking
 	 * the call_lock.  This shouldn't happen unless the user races
 	 * with itself and tries to add the same user ID twice at the
 	 * same time in different threads.
 	 */
-found_user_ID_now_present:
+error_dup_user_ID:
 	write_unlock(&rx->call_lock);
 	ret = -EEXIST;
-	goto error_out;
+
+error:
+	__rxrpc_set_call_completion(call, RXRPC_CALL_LOCAL_ERROR,
+				    RX_CALL_DEAD, ret);
+	rxrpc_release_call(rx, call);
+	rxrpc_put_call(call, rxrpc_call_put);
+	_leave(" = %d", ret);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 /*