return err;
 }
 
-static struct filename *filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
+static int __filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
                                unsigned int flags, struct path *parent,
                                struct qstr *last, int *type)
 {
        struct nameidata nd;
 
        if (IS_ERR(name))
-               return name;
+               return PTR_ERR(name);
        set_nameidata(&nd, dfd, name, NULL);
        retval = path_parentat(&nd, flags | LOOKUP_RCU, parent);
        if (unlikely(retval == -ECHILD))
                *last = nd.last;
                *type = nd.last_type;
                audit_inode(name, parent->dentry, AUDIT_INODE_PARENT);
-       } else {
-               putname(name);
-               name = ERR_PTR(retval);
        }
        restore_nameidata();
-       return name;
+       return retval;
+}
+
+static int filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
+                               unsigned int flags, struct path *parent,
+                               struct qstr *last, int *type)
+{
+       int retval = __filename_parentat(dfd, name, flags, parent, last, type);
+
+       putname(name);
+       return retval;
 }
 
 /* does lookup, returns the object with parent locked */
 struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
 {
-       struct filename *filename;
        struct dentry *d;
        struct qstr last;
-       int type;
+       int type, error;
 
-       filename = filename_parentat(AT_FDCWD, getname_kernel(name), 0, path,
+       error = filename_parentat(AT_FDCWD, getname_kernel(name), 0, path,
                                    &last, &type);
-       if (IS_ERR(filename))
-               return ERR_CAST(filename);
+       if (error)
+               return ERR_PTR(error);
        if (unlikely(type != LAST_NORM)) {
                path_put(path);
-               putname(filename);
                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
        }
        inode_lock_nested(path->dentry->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
                inode_unlock(path->dentry->d_inode);
                path_put(path);
        }
-       putname(filename);
        return d;
 }
 
         */
        lookup_flags &= LOOKUP_REVAL;
 
-       name = filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, path, &last, &type);
-       if (IS_ERR(name))
-               return ERR_CAST(name);
+       error = filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, path, &last, &type);
+       if (error)
+               return ERR_PTR(error);
 
        /*
         * Yucky last component or no last component at all?
                error = err2;
                goto fail;
        }
-       putname(name);
        return dentry;
 fail:
        dput(dentry);
                mnt_drop_write(path->mnt);
 out:
        path_put(path);
-       putname(name);
        return dentry;
 }
 
 long do_rmdir(int dfd, struct filename *name)
 {
        struct user_namespace *mnt_userns;
-       int error = 0;
+       int error;
        struct dentry *dentry;
        struct path path;
        struct qstr last;
        int type;
        unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
 retry:
-       name = filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags,
-                               &path, &last, &type);
-       if (IS_ERR(name))
-               return PTR_ERR(name);
+       error = __filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, &path, &last, &type);
+       if (error)
+               goto exit1;
 
        switch (type) {
        case LAST_DOTDOT:
                error = -ENOTEMPTY;
-               goto exit1;
+               goto exit2;
        case LAST_DOT:
                error = -EINVAL;
-               goto exit1;
+               goto exit2;
        case LAST_ROOT:
                error = -EBUSY;
-               goto exit1;
+               goto exit2;
        }
 
        error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
        if (error)
-               goto exit1;
+               goto exit2;
 
        inode_lock_nested(path.dentry->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
        dentry = __lookup_hash(&last, path.dentry, lookup_flags);
        error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
        if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-               goto exit2;
+               goto exit3;
        if (!dentry->d_inode) {
                error = -ENOENT;
-               goto exit3;
+               goto exit4;
        }
        error = security_path_rmdir(&path, dentry);
        if (error)
-               goto exit3;
+               goto exit4;
        mnt_userns = mnt_user_ns(path.mnt);
        error = vfs_rmdir(mnt_userns, path.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
-exit3:
+exit4:
        dput(dentry);
-exit2:
+exit3:
        inode_unlock(path.dentry->d_inode);
        mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
-exit1:
+exit2:
        path_put(&path);
        if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
                lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
                goto retry;
        }
+exit1:
        putname(name);
        return error;
 }
        struct inode *delegated_inode = NULL;
        unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
 retry:
-       name = filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, &path, &last, &type);
-       if (IS_ERR(name))
-               return PTR_ERR(name);
+       error = __filename_parentat(dfd, name, lookup_flags, &path, &last, &type);
+       if (error)
+               goto exit1;
 
        error = -EISDIR;
        if (type != LAST_NORM)
-               goto exit1;
+               goto exit2;
 
        error = mnt_want_write(path.mnt);
        if (error)
-               goto exit1;
+               goto exit2;
 retry_deleg:
        inode_lock_nested(path.dentry->d_inode, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
        dentry = __lookup_hash(&last, path.dentry, lookup_flags);
                ihold(inode);
                error = security_path_unlink(&path, dentry);
                if (error)
-                       goto exit2;
+                       goto exit3;
                mnt_userns = mnt_user_ns(path.mnt);
                error = vfs_unlink(mnt_userns, path.dentry->d_inode, dentry,
                                   &delegated_inode);
-exit2:
+exit3:
                dput(dentry);
        }
        inode_unlock(path.dentry->d_inode);
                        goto retry_deleg;
        }
        mnt_drop_write(path.mnt);
-exit1:
+exit2:
        path_put(&path);
        if (retry_estale(error, lookup_flags)) {
                lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
                inode = NULL;
                goto retry;
        }
+exit1:
        putname(name);
        return error;
 
                error = -EISDIR;
        else
                error = -ENOTDIR;
-       goto exit2;
+       goto exit3;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(unlinkat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname, int, flag)
        int error = -EINVAL;
 
        if (flags & ~(RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_EXCHANGE | RENAME_WHITEOUT))
-               goto put_both;
+               goto put_names;
 
        if ((flags & (RENAME_NOREPLACE | RENAME_WHITEOUT)) &&
            (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE))
-               goto put_both;
+               goto put_names;
 
        if (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE)
                target_flags = 0;
 
 retry:
-       from = filename_parentat(olddfd, from, lookup_flags, &old_path,
+       error = __filename_parentat(olddfd, from, lookup_flags, &old_path,
                                        &old_last, &old_type);
-       if (IS_ERR(from)) {
-               error = PTR_ERR(from);
-               goto put_new;
-       }
+       if (error)
+               goto put_names;
 
-       to = filename_parentat(newdfd, to, lookup_flags, &new_path, &new_last,
+       error = __filename_parentat(newdfd, to, lookup_flags, &new_path, &new_last,
                                &new_type);
-       if (IS_ERR(to)) {
-               error = PTR_ERR(to);
+       if (error)
                goto exit1;
-       }
 
        error = -EXDEV;
        if (old_path.mnt != new_path.mnt)
                lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_REVAL;
                goto retry;
        }
-put_both:
+put_names:
        putname(from);
-put_new:
        putname(to);
        return error;
 }