.destroy_msg    = idmap_pipe_destroy_msg,
 };
 
-void
+int
 nfs_idmap_new(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
        struct idmap *idmap;
+       int error;
 
        if (clp->cl_idmap != NULL)
-               return;
+               return 0;
+
         if ((idmap = kzalloc(sizeof(*idmap), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
-                return;
+                return -ENOMEM;
 
        snprintf(idmap->idmap_path, sizeof(idmap->idmap_path),
            "%s/idmap", clp->cl_rpcclient->cl_pathname);
         idmap->idmap_dentry = rpc_mkpipe(idmap->idmap_path,
            idmap, &idmap_upcall_ops, 0);
         if (IS_ERR(idmap->idmap_dentry)) {
+               error = PTR_ERR(idmap->idmap_dentry);
                kfree(idmap);
-               return;
+               return error;
        }
 
         mutex_init(&idmap->idmap_lock);
        idmap->idmap_group_hash.h_type = IDMAP_TYPE_GROUP;
 
        clp->cl_idmap = idmap;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 void
 
                clnt->cl_softrtry = 1;
                clp->cl_rpcclient = clnt;
                memcpy(clp->cl_ipaddr, server->ip_addr, sizeof(clp->cl_ipaddr));
-               nfs_idmap_new(clp);
+               if (nfs_idmap_new(clp) < 0)
+                       goto out_fail;
        }
        list_add_tail(&server->nfs4_siblings, &clp->cl_superblocks);
        clnt = rpc_clone_client(clp->cl_rpcclient);
 
 /* Forward declaration to make this header independent of others */
 struct nfs_client;
 
-void nfs_idmap_new(struct nfs_client *);
+int nfs_idmap_new(struct nfs_client *);
 void nfs_idmap_delete(struct nfs_client *);
 
 int nfs_map_name_to_uid(struct nfs_client *, const char *, size_t, __u32 *);