* mount path.  Since the VFS prevents multiple calls to
  * fill_super(), we can't get dupes here.
  */
-static int ocfs2_live_connection_new(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn,
-                                    struct ocfs2_live_connection **c_ret)
+static int ocfs2_live_connection_attach(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn,
+                                    struct ocfs2_live_connection *c)
 {
        int rc = 0;
-       struct ocfs2_live_connection *c;
-
-       c = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_live_connection), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!c)
-               return -ENOMEM;
 
        mutex_lock(&ocfs2_control_lock);
        c->oc_conn = conn;
        }
 
        mutex_unlock(&ocfs2_control_lock);
-
-       if (!rc)
-               *c_ret = c;
-       else
-               kfree(c);
-
        return rc;
 }
 
 static int user_cluster_connect(struct ocfs2_cluster_connection *conn)
 {
        dlm_lockspace_t *fsdlm;
-       struct ocfs2_live_connection *uninitialized_var(control);
-       int rc = 0;
+       struct ocfs2_live_connection *lc;
+       int rc;
 
        BUG_ON(conn == NULL);
 
-       rc = ocfs2_live_connection_new(conn, &control);
+       lc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_live_connection), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!lc) {
+               rc = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       rc = ocfs2_live_connection_attach(conn, lc);
        if (rc)
                goto out;
 
                       conn->cc_version.pv_major, conn->cc_version.pv_minor,
                       running_proto.pv_major, running_proto.pv_minor);
                rc = -EPROTO;
-               ocfs2_live_connection_drop(control);
+               ocfs2_live_connection_drop(lc);
+               lc = NULL;
                goto out;
        }
 
        rc = dlm_new_lockspace(conn->cc_name, NULL, DLM_LSFL_FS, DLM_LVB_LEN,
                               NULL, NULL, NULL, &fsdlm);
        if (rc) {
-               ocfs2_live_connection_drop(control);
+               ocfs2_live_connection_drop(lc);
+               lc = NULL;
                goto out;
        }
 
-       conn->cc_private = control;
+       conn->cc_private = lc;
        conn->cc_lockspace = fsdlm;
 out:
+       if (rc && lc)
+               kfree(lc);
        return rc;
 }