.destroy_msg    = bl_pipe_destroy_msg,
 };
 
-static struct dentry *nfs4blocklayout_register_sb(struct super_block *sb,
+static int nfs4blocklayout_register_sb(struct super_block *sb,
                                            struct rpc_pipe *pipe)
 {
-       struct dentry *dir, *dentry;
+       struct dentry *dir;
+       int err;
 
        dir = rpc_d_lookup_sb(sb, NFS_PIPE_DIRNAME);
        if (dir == NULL)
-               return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-       dentry = rpc_mkpipe_dentry(dir, "blocklayout", NULL, pipe);
+               return -ENOENT;
+       err = rpc_mkpipe_dentry(dir, "blocklayout", NULL, pipe);
        dput(dir);
-       return dentry;
+       return err;
 }
 
 static int rpc_pipefs_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
        struct super_block *sb = ptr;
        struct net *net = sb->s_fs_info;
        struct nfs_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfs_net_id);
-       struct dentry *dentry;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
 
        switch (event) {
        case RPC_PIPEFS_MOUNT:
-               dentry = nfs4blocklayout_register_sb(sb, nn->bl_device_pipe);
-               if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-                       ret = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-                       break;
-               }
-               nn->bl_device_pipe->dentry = dentry;
+               ret = nfs4blocklayout_register_sb(sb, nn->bl_device_pipe);
                break;
        case RPC_PIPEFS_UMOUNT:
                rpc_unlink(nn->bl_device_pipe);
        .notifier_call = rpc_pipefs_event,
 };
 
-static struct dentry *nfs4blocklayout_register_net(struct net *net,
-                                                  struct rpc_pipe *pipe)
+static int nfs4blocklayout_register_net(struct net *net, struct rpc_pipe *pipe)
 {
        struct super_block *pipefs_sb;
-       struct dentry *dentry;
+       int ret;
 
        pipefs_sb = rpc_get_sb_net(net);
        if (!pipefs_sb)
-               return NULL;
-       dentry = nfs4blocklayout_register_sb(pipefs_sb, pipe);
+               return 0;
+       ret = nfs4blocklayout_register_sb(pipefs_sb, pipe);
        rpc_put_sb_net(net);
-       return dentry;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static void nfs4blocklayout_unregister_net(struct net *net,
 static int nfs4blocklayout_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
        struct nfs_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfs_net_id);
-       struct dentry *dentry;
+       int err;
 
        mutex_init(&nn->bl_mutex);
        init_waitqueue_head(&nn->bl_wq);
        nn->bl_device_pipe = rpc_mkpipe_data(&bl_upcall_ops, 0);
        if (IS_ERR(nn->bl_device_pipe))
                return PTR_ERR(nn->bl_device_pipe);
-       dentry = nfs4blocklayout_register_net(net, nn->bl_device_pipe);
-       if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+       err = nfs4blocklayout_register_net(net, nn->bl_device_pipe);
+       if (unlikely(err))
                rpc_destroy_pipe_data(nn->bl_device_pipe);
-               return PTR_ERR(dentry);
-       }
-       nn->bl_device_pipe->dentry = dentry;
-       return 0;
+       return err;
 }
 
 static void nfs4blocklayout_net_exit(struct net *net)
 
                struct rpc_pipe_dir_object *pdo)
 {
        struct idmap *idmap = pdo->pdo_data;
-       struct rpc_pipe *pipe = idmap->idmap_pipe;
-       struct dentry *dentry;
 
-       dentry = rpc_mkpipe_dentry(dir, "idmap", idmap, pipe);
-       if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-               return PTR_ERR(dentry);
-       pipe->dentry = dentry;
-       return 0;
+       return rpc_mkpipe_dentry(dir, "idmap", idmap, idmap->idmap_pipe);
 }
 
 static const struct rpc_pipe_dir_object_ops nfs_idmap_pipe_dir_object_ops = {
 
        .destroy_msg    = cld_pipe_destroy_msg,
 };
 
-static struct dentry *
+static int
 nfsd4_cld_register_sb(struct super_block *sb, struct rpc_pipe *pipe)
 {
-       struct dentry *dir, *dentry;
+       struct dentry *dir;
+       int err;
 
        dir = rpc_d_lookup_sb(sb, NFSD_PIPE_DIR);
        if (dir == NULL)
-               return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-       dentry = rpc_mkpipe_dentry(dir, NFSD_CLD_PIPE, NULL, pipe);
+               return -ENOENT;
+       err = rpc_mkpipe_dentry(dir, NFSD_CLD_PIPE, NULL, pipe);
        dput(dir);
-       return dentry;
+       return err;
 }
 
-static struct dentry *
+static int
 nfsd4_cld_register_net(struct net *net, struct rpc_pipe *pipe)
 {
        struct super_block *sb;
-       struct dentry *dentry;
+       int err;
 
        sb = rpc_get_sb_net(net);
        if (!sb)
-               return NULL;
-       dentry = nfsd4_cld_register_sb(sb, pipe);
+               return 0;
+       err = nfsd4_cld_register_sb(sb, pipe);
        rpc_put_sb_net(net);
-       return dentry;
+       return err;
 }
 
 static void
 __nfsd4_init_cld_pipe(struct net *net)
 {
        int ret;
-       struct dentry *dentry;
        struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
        struct cld_net *cn;
 
        spin_lock_init(&cn->cn_lock);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cn->cn_list);
 
-       dentry = nfsd4_cld_register_net(net, cn->cn_pipe);
-       if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+       ret = nfsd4_cld_register_net(net, cn->cn_pipe);
+       if (unlikely(ret))
                goto err_destroy_data;
-       }
 
-       cn->cn_pipe->dentry = dentry;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_LEGACY_CLIENT_TRACKING
        cn->cn_has_legacy = false;
 #endif
        struct net *net = sb->s_fs_info;
        struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
        struct cld_net *cn = nn->cld_net;
-       struct dentry *dentry;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
 
        switch (event) {
        case RPC_PIPEFS_MOUNT:
-               dentry = nfsd4_cld_register_sb(sb, cn->cn_pipe);
-               if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-                       ret = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-                       break;
-               }
-               cn->cn_pipe->dentry = dentry;
+               ret = nfsd4_cld_register_sb(sb, cn->cn_pipe);
                break;
        case RPC_PIPEFS_UMOUNT:
                rpc_unlink(cn->cn_pipe);
 
 
 struct rpc_pipe *rpc_mkpipe_data(const struct rpc_pipe_ops *ops, int flags);
 void rpc_destroy_pipe_data(struct rpc_pipe *pipe);
-extern struct dentry *rpc_mkpipe_dentry(struct dentry *, const char *, void *,
+extern int rpc_mkpipe_dentry(struct dentry *, const char *, void *,
                                        struct rpc_pipe *);
 extern void rpc_unlink(struct rpc_pipe *);
 extern int register_rpc_pipefs(void);
 
                struct rpc_pipe_dir_object *pdo)
 {
        struct gss_pipe *p = pdo->pdo_data;
-       struct dentry *dentry;
 
-       dentry = rpc_mkpipe_dentry(dir, p->name, p->clnt, p->pipe);
-       if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-               return PTR_ERR(dentry);
-       p->pipe->dentry = dentry;
-       return 0;
+       return rpc_mkpipe_dentry(dir, p->name, p->clnt, p->pipe);
 }
 
 static const struct rpc_pipe_dir_object_ops gss_pipe_dir_object_ops = {
 
  * The @private argument passed here will be available to all these methods
  * from the file pointer, via RPC_I(file_inode(file))->private.
  */
-struct dentry *rpc_mkpipe_dentry(struct dentry *parent, const char *name,
+int rpc_mkpipe_dentry(struct dentry *parent, const char *name,
                                 void *private, struct rpc_pipe *pipe)
 {
        struct dentry *dentry;
 
        inode_lock_nested(dir, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
        dentry = __rpc_lookup_create_exclusive(parent, name);
-       if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-               goto out;
+       if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+               inode_unlock(dir);
+               return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+       }
        err = __rpc_mkpipe_dentry(dir, dentry, umode, &rpc_pipe_fops,
                                  private, pipe);
-       if (err)
-               goto out_err;
-out:
+       if (unlikely(err))
+               pr_warn("%s() failed to create pipe %pd/%s (errno = %d)\n",
+                       __func__, parent, name, err);
+       else
+               pipe->dentry = dentry;
        inode_unlock(dir);
-       return dentry;
-out_err:
-       dentry = ERR_PTR(err);
-       printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: %s() failed to create pipe %pd/%s (errno = %d)\n",
-                       __FILE__, __func__, parent, name,
-                       err);
-       goto out;
+       return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpc_mkpipe_dentry);
 
        int ret = 0;
        struct dentry *gssd_dentry;
        struct dentry *clnt_dentry = NULL;
-       struct dentry *pipe_dentry = NULL;
 
        /* We should never get this far if "gssd" doesn't exist */
        gssd_dentry = try_lookup_noperm(&QSTR(files[RPCAUTH_gssd].name), root);
                dput(clnt_dentry);
                return ret;
        }
-       pipe_dentry = rpc_mkpipe_dentry(clnt_dentry, "gssd", NULL, pipe_data);
+       ret = rpc_mkpipe_dentry(clnt_dentry, "gssd", NULL, pipe_data);
        dput(clnt_dentry);
-       if (IS_ERR(pipe_dentry))
-               ret = PTR_ERR(pipe_dentry);
        return ret;
 }