--- b2792e84d2452fd37e27991b42c1ab5754044de4
+++ d0dfe7a0dedfdb5c90660f2c7b0c18fd601e5c27
@@ -1269,10 +1269,9 @@ static int read_pnode(struct ubifs_info
 	lnum = branch->lnum;
 	offs = branch->offs;
 	pnode = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ubifs_pnode), GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!pnode) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!pnode)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	if (lnum == 0) {
 		/*
 		 * This pnode was not written which just means that the LEB