diff --git a/fs/logfs/dev_bdev.c b/fs/logfs/dev_bdev.c
index a322fec10173..223b673dcc7b 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dev_bdev.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dev_bdev.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 
 #define PAGE_OFS(ofs) ((ofs) & (PAGE_SIZE-1))
@@ -321,27 +320,23 @@ static const struct logfs_device_ops bd_devops = {
 	.put_device	= bdev_put_device,
 };
 
-int logfs_get_sb_bdev(struct logfs_super *p,
-		struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
-		const char *devname, struct vfsmount *mnt)
+int logfs_get_sb_bdev(struct logfs_super *p, struct file_system_type *type,
+		const char *devname)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 
 	bdev = open_bdev_exclusive(devname, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE, type);
-	if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {
-		kfree(p);
+	if (IS_ERR(bdev))
 		return PTR_ERR(bdev);
-	}
 
 	if (MAJOR(bdev->bd_dev) == MTD_BLOCK_MAJOR) {
 		int mtdnr = MINOR(bdev->bd_dev);
 		close_bdev_exclusive(bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
-		return logfs_get_sb_mtd(p, type, flags, mtdnr, mnt);
+		return logfs_get_sb_mtd(p, mtdnr);
 	}
 
 	p->s_bdev = bdev;
 	p->s_mtd = NULL;
 	p->s_devops = &bd_devops;
-
-	return logfs_get_sb_device(p, type, flags, mnt);
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c b/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c
index 7b22d57d1469..9e3dbe3712ae 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dev_mtd.c
@@ -265,18 +265,14 @@ static const struct logfs_device_ops mtd_devops = {
 	.put_device	= mtd_put_device,
 };
 
-int logfs_get_sb_mtd(struct logfs_super *s,
-		struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
-		int mtdnr, struct vfsmount *mnt)
+int logfs_get_sb_mtd(struct logfs_super *s, int mtdnr)
 {
 	struct mtd_info *mtd = get_mtd_device(NULL, mtdnr);
-	if (IS_ERR(mtd)) {
-		kfree(s);
+	if (IS_ERR(mtd))
 		return PTR_ERR(mtd);
-	}
 
 	s->s_bdev = NULL;
 	s->s_mtd = mtd;
 	s->s_devops = &mtd_devops;
-	return logfs_get_sb_device(s, type, flags, mnt);
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/logfs/logfs.h b/fs/logfs/logfs.h
index bdd56fa4b084..5d2e66b48290 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/logfs.h
+++ b/fs/logfs/logfs.h
@@ -472,29 +472,23 @@ void logfs_compr_exit(void);
 /* dev_bdev.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 int logfs_get_sb_bdev(struct logfs_super *s,
-		struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
-		const char *devname, struct vfsmount *mnt);
+		struct file_system_type *type,
+		const char *devname);
 #else
 static inline int logfs_get_sb_bdev(struct logfs_super *s,
-		struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
-		const char *devname, struct vfsmount *mnt)
+		struct file_system_type *type,
+		const char *devname)
 {
-	kfree(s);
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 #endif
 
 /* dev_mtd.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD
-int logfs_get_sb_mtd(struct logfs_super *s,
-		struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
-		int mtdnr, struct vfsmount *mnt);
+int logfs_get_sb_mtd(struct logfs_super *s, int mtdnr)
 #else
-static inline int logfs_get_sb_mtd(struct logfs_super *s,
-		struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
-		int mtdnr, struct vfsmount *mnt)
+static inline int logfs_get_sb_mtd(struct logfs_super *s, int mtdnr)
 {
-	kfree(s);
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/logfs/super.c b/fs/logfs/super.c
index c80837e54bb3..f57a150b4779 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/super.c
@@ -596,26 +596,31 @@ static int logfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *type, int flags,
 {
 	ulong mtdnr;
 	struct logfs_super *super;
+	int err;
 
 	super = kzalloc(sizeof(*super), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!super)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!devname)
-		return logfs_get_sb_bdev(super, type, flags, devname, mnt);
-	if (strncmp(devname, "mtd", 3))
-		return logfs_get_sb_bdev(super, type, flags, devname, mnt);
-
-	{
+		err = logfs_get_sb_bdev(super, type, devname);
+	else if (strncmp(devname, "mtd", 3))
+		err = logfs_get_sb_bdev(super, type, devname);
+	else {
 		char *garbage;
 		mtdnr = simple_strtoul(devname+3, &garbage, 0);
-		if (*garbage) {
-			kfree(super);
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
+		if (*garbage)
+			err = -EINVAL;
+		else
+			err = logfs_get_sb_mtd(super, mtdnr);
 	}
 
-	return logfs_get_sb_mtd(super, type, flags, mtdnr, mnt);
+	if (err) {
+		kfree(super);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return logfs_get_sb_device(super, type, flags, mnt);
 }
 
 static struct file_system_type logfs_fs_type = {