diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c
index acb38004eec0..b5f6f9fef9c7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,6 @@ static int ffs_sb_fill(struct super_block *sb, void *_data, int silent)
 {
 	struct ffs_sb_fill_data *data = _data;
 	struct inode	*inode;
-	struct dentry	*d;
 	struct ffs_data	*ffs;
 
 	ENTER();
@@ -1045,7 +1044,7 @@ static int ffs_sb_fill(struct super_block *sb, void *_data, int silent)
 	/* Initialise data */
 	ffs = ffs_data_new();
 	if (unlikely(!ffs))
-		goto enomem0;
+		goto Enomem;
 
 	ffs->sb              = sb;
 	ffs->dev_name        = data->dev_name;
@@ -1065,26 +1064,21 @@ static int ffs_sb_fill(struct super_block *sb, void *_data, int silent)
 				  &simple_dir_inode_operations,
 				  &data->perms);
 	if (unlikely(!inode))
-		goto enomem1;
-	d = d_alloc_root(inode);
-	if (unlikely(!d))
-		goto enomem2;
-	sb->s_root = d;
+		goto Enomem;
+	sb->s_root = d_alloc_root(inode);
+	if (unlikely(!sb->s_root)) {
+		iput(inode);
+		goto Enomem;
+	}
 
 	/* EP0 file */
 	if (unlikely(!ffs_sb_create_file(sb, "ep0", ffs,
 					 &ffs_ep0_operations, NULL)))
-		goto enomem3;
+		goto Enomem;
 
 	return 0;
 
-enomem3:
-	dput(d);
-enomem2:
-	iput(inode);
-enomem1:
-	ffs_data_put(ffs);
-enomem0:
+Enomem:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
@@ -1196,14 +1190,11 @@ ffs_fs_mount(struct file_system_type *t, int flags,
 static void
 ffs_fs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	void *ptr;
-
 	ENTER();
 
 	kill_litter_super(sb);
-	ptr = xchg(&sb->s_fs_info, NULL);
-	if (ptr)
-		ffs_data_put(ptr);
+	if (sb->s_fs_info)
+		ffs_data_put(sb->s_fs_info);
 }
 
 static struct file_system_type ffs_fs_type = {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
index 6ccae2707e59..6b7ea25af0fe 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
@@ -2035,7 +2035,6 @@ static int
 gadgetfs_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *opts, int silent)
 {
 	struct inode	*inode;
-	struct dentry	*d;
 	struct dev_data	*dev;
 
 	if (the_device)
@@ -2058,24 +2057,27 @@ gadgetfs_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *opts, int silent)
 			NULL, &simple_dir_operations,
 			S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
 	if (!inode)
-		goto enomem0;
+		goto Enomem;
 	inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
-	if (!(d = d_alloc_root (inode)))
-		goto enomem1;
-	sb->s_root = d;
+	if (!(sb->s_root = d_alloc_root (inode))) {
+		iput(inode);
+		goto Enomem;
+	}
 
 	/* the ep0 file is named after the controller we expect;
 	 * user mode code can use it for sanity checks, like we do.
 	 */
 	dev = dev_new ();
 	if (!dev)
-		goto enomem2;
+		goto Enomem;
 
 	dev->sb = sb;
 	if (!gadgetfs_create_file (sb, CHIP,
 				dev, &dev_init_operations,
-				&dev->dentry))
-		goto enomem3;
+				&dev->dentry)) {
+		put_dev(dev);
+		goto Enomem;
+	}
 
 	/* other endpoint files are available after hardware setup,
 	 * from binding to a controller.
@@ -2083,13 +2085,7 @@ gadgetfs_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *opts, int silent)
 	the_device = dev;
 	return 0;
 
-enomem3:
-	put_dev (dev);
-enomem2:
-	dput (d);
-enomem1:
-	iput (inode);
-enomem0:
+Enomem:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index 79673eb71151..c4e2a58a2e82 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ devpts_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 
 	inode = new_inode(s);
 	if (!inode)
-		goto free_fsi;
+		goto fail;
 	inode->i_ino = 1;
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO | S_IWUSR;
@@ -316,8 +316,6 @@ devpts_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	printk(KERN_ERR "devpts: get root dentry failed\n");
 	iput(inode);
 
-free_fsi:
-	kfree(s->s_fs_info);
 fail:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
diff --git a/fs/exofs/super.c b/fs/exofs/super.c
index 8addfe314dc7..d22cd168c6ee 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/super.c
@@ -838,6 +838,8 @@ static int exofs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	ret = bdi_setup_and_register(&sbi->bdi, "exofs", BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY);
 	if (ret) {
 		EXOFS_DBGMSG("Failed to bdi_setup_and_register\n");
+		dput(sb->s_root);
+		sb->s_root = NULL;
 		goto free_sbi;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 4f35b2f315d4..d269821203fd 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@ static int ext3_symlink (struct inode * dir,
 			err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto err_drop_inode;
 		}
-		inc_nlink(inode);
+		set_nlink(inode, 1);
 		err = ext3_orphan_del(handle, inode);
 		if (err) {
 			ext3_journal_stop(handle);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 86edc45b52a4..2043f482375d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2315,7 +2315,7 @@ static int ext4_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 			err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto err_drop_inode;
 		}
-		inc_nlink(inode);
+		set_nlink(inode, 1);
 		err = ext4_orphan_del(handle, inode);
 		if (err) {
 			ext4_journal_stop(handle);