*/
 static int add_bd_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct bd_holder *bo)
 {
-       int ret;
+       int err;
 
        if (!bo)
                return -EINVAL;
        if (!bd_holder_grab_dirs(bdev, bo))
                return -EBUSY;
 
-       ret = add_symlink(bo->sdir, bo->sdev);
-       if (ret == 0) {
-               ret = add_symlink(bo->hdir, bo->hdev);
-               if (ret)
-                       del_symlink(bo->sdir, bo->sdev);
+       err = add_symlink(bo->sdir, bo->sdev);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
+       err = add_symlink(bo->hdir, bo->hdev);
+       if (err) {
+               del_symlink(bo->sdir, bo->sdev);
+               return err;
        }
-       if (ret == 0)
-               list_add_tail(&bo->list, &bdev->bd_holder_list);
-       return ret;
+
+       list_add_tail(&bo->list, &bdev->bd_holder_list);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
 static int bd_claim_by_kobject(struct block_device *bdev, void *holder,
                                struct kobject *kobj)
 {
-       int res;
+       int err;
        struct bd_holder *bo, *found;
 
        if (!kobj)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
-       res = bd_claim(bdev, holder);
-       if (res == 0) {
-               found = find_bd_holder(bdev, bo);
-               if (found == NULL) {
-                       res = add_bd_holder(bdev, bo);
-                       if (res)
-                               bd_release(bdev);
-               }
-       }
 
-       if (res || found)
+       err = bd_claim(bdev, holder);
+       if (err)
+               goto out;
+
+       found = find_bd_holder(bdev, bo);
+       if (found)
+               goto out;
+
+       err = add_bd_holder(bdev, bo);
+       if (err)
+               bd_release(bdev);
+
+out:
+       if (err || found)
                free_bd_holder(bo);
        mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
-
-       return res;
+       return err;
 }
 
 /**