*
  * Returns zero on success; non-zero on error
  */
-static int ecryptfs_parse_options(struct ecryptfs_sb_info *sbi, char *options,
-                                 uid_t *check_ruid)
+static int ecryptfs_parse_options(struct ecryptfs_sb_info *sbi, char *options)
 {
        char *p;
        int rc = 0;
-       int sig_set = 0;
-       int cipher_name_set = 0;
-       int fn_cipher_name_set = 0;
        int cipher_key_bytes;
-       int cipher_key_bytes_set = 0;
        int fn_cipher_key_bytes;
-       int fn_cipher_key_bytes_set = 0;
        struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat =
                &sbi->mount_crypt_stat;
        substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
        char *fnek_src;
        char *cipher_key_bytes_src;
        char *fn_cipher_key_bytes_src;
-       u8 cipher_code;
-
-       *check_ruid = 0;
 
        if (!options) {
                rc = -EINVAL;
                                       "global sig; rc = [%d]\n", rc);
                                goto out;
                        }
-                       sig_set = 1;
+                       mount_crypt_stat->sig_set = 1;
                        break;
                case ecryptfs_opt_cipher:
                case ecryptfs_opt_ecryptfs_cipher:
                        cipher_name_src = args[0].from;
                        strscpy(mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name,
                                cipher_name_src);
-                       cipher_name_set = 1;
+                       mount_crypt_stat->cipher_name_set = 1;
                        break;
                case ecryptfs_opt_ecryptfs_key_bytes:
                        cipher_key_bytes_src = args[0].from;
                                                   &cipher_key_bytes_src, 0);
                        mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_key_size =
                                cipher_key_bytes;
-                       cipher_key_bytes_set = 1;
+                       mount_crypt_stat->cipher_key_bytes_set = 1;
                        break;
                case ecryptfs_opt_passthrough:
                        mount_crypt_stat->flags |=
                        fn_cipher_name_src = args[0].from;
                        strscpy(mount_crypt_stat->global_default_fn_cipher_name,
                                fn_cipher_name_src);
-                       fn_cipher_name_set = 1;
+                       mount_crypt_stat->fn_cipher_name_set = 1;
                        break;
                case ecryptfs_opt_fn_cipher_key_bytes:
                        fn_cipher_key_bytes_src = args[0].from;
                                                   &fn_cipher_key_bytes_src, 0);
                        mount_crypt_stat->global_default_fn_cipher_key_bytes =
                                fn_cipher_key_bytes;
-                       fn_cipher_key_bytes_set = 1;
+                       mount_crypt_stat->fn_cipher_key_bytes_set = 1;
                        break;
                case ecryptfs_opt_unlink_sigs:
                        mount_crypt_stat->flags |= ECRYPTFS_UNLINK_SIGS;
                                ECRYPTFS_GLOBAL_MOUNT_AUTH_TOK_ONLY;
                        break;
                case ecryptfs_opt_check_dev_ruid:
-                       *check_ruid = 1;
+                       mount_crypt_stat->check_ruid = 1;
                        break;
                case ecryptfs_opt_err:
                default:
                               __func__, p);
                }
        }
-       if (!sig_set) {
+
+out:
+       return rc;
+}
+
+static int ecryptfs_validate_options(
+               struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat)
+{
+       int rc = 0;
+       u8 cipher_code;
+
+       if (!mount_crypt_stat->sig_set) {
                rc = -EINVAL;
                ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "You must supply at least one valid "
                                "auth tok signature as a mount "
                                "parameter; see the eCryptfs README\n");
                goto out;
        }
-       if (!cipher_name_set) {
+       if (!mount_crypt_stat->cipher_name_set) {
                int cipher_name_len = strlen(ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_CIPHER);
 
                BUG_ON(cipher_name_len > ECRYPTFS_MAX_CIPHER_NAME_SIZE);
                       ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_CIPHER);
        }
        if ((mount_crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_GLOBAL_ENCRYPT_FILENAMES)
-           && !fn_cipher_name_set)
+           && !mount_crypt_stat->fn_cipher_name_set)
                strcpy(mount_crypt_stat->global_default_fn_cipher_name,
                       mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_name);
-       if (!cipher_key_bytes_set)
+       if (!mount_crypt_stat->cipher_key_bytes_set)
                mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_key_size = 0;
        if ((mount_crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_GLOBAL_ENCRYPT_FILENAMES)
-           && !fn_cipher_key_bytes_set)
+           && !mount_crypt_stat->fn_cipher_key_bytes_set)
                mount_crypt_stat->global_default_fn_cipher_key_bytes =
                        mount_crypt_stat->global_default_cipher_key_size;
 
        const char *err = "Getting sb failed";
        struct inode *inode;
        struct path path;
-       uid_t check_ruid;
        int rc;
 
        sbi = kmem_cache_zalloc(ecryptfs_sb_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
                goto out;
        }
 
-       rc = ecryptfs_parse_options(sbi, raw_data, &check_ruid);
+       rc = ecryptfs_parse_options(sbi, raw_data);
        if (rc) {
                err = "Error parsing options";
                goto out;
        }
        mount_crypt_stat = &sbi->mount_crypt_stat;
+       rc = ecryptfs_validate_options(mount_crypt_stat);
+       if (rc) {
+               err = "Error validationg options";
+               goto out;
+       }
 
        s = sget(fs_type, NULL, set_anon_super, flags, NULL);
        if (IS_ERR(s)) {
                goto out_free;
        }
 
-       if (check_ruid && !uid_eq(d_inode(path.dentry)->i_uid, current_uid())) {
+       if (mount_crypt_stat->check_ruid &&
+           !uid_eq(d_inode(path.dentry)->i_uid, current_uid())) {
                rc = -EPERM;
                printk(KERN_ERR "Mount of device (uid: %d) not owned by "
                       "requested user (uid: %d)\n",