diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 6a5c849ee061..af8a4d2d1fd1 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,6 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *
 blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 {
 	struct blkcg *blkcg;
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state *ret;
 	int i;
 
 	mutex_lock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
@@ -1148,10 +1147,8 @@ blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 		blkcg = &blkcg_root;
 	} else {
 		blkcg = kzalloc(sizeof(*blkcg), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!blkcg) {
-			ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		if (!blkcg)
 			goto unlock;
-		}
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < BLKCG_MAX_POLS ; i++) {
@@ -1168,10 +1165,9 @@ blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 			continue;
 
 		cpd = pol->cpd_alloc_fn(GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!cpd) {
-			ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		if (!cpd)
 			goto free_pd_blkcg;
-		}
+
 		blkcg->cpd[i] = cpd;
 		cpd->blkcg = blkcg;
 		cpd->plid = i;
@@ -1200,7 +1196,7 @@ blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 		kfree(blkcg);
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
-	return ret;
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
 static int blkcg_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)