int verify)
 {
        u16 csum_size = btrfs_super_csum_size(fs_info->super_copy);
-       char *result = NULL;
+       char result[BTRFS_CSUM_SIZE];
        unsigned long len;
        unsigned long cur_len;
        unsigned long offset = BTRFS_CSUM_SIZE;
        unsigned long map_len;
        int err;
        u32 crc = ~(u32)0;
-       unsigned long inline_result;
 
        len = buf->len - offset;
        while (len > 0) {
                len -= cur_len;
                offset += cur_len;
        }
-       if (csum_size > sizeof(inline_result)) {
-               result = kzalloc(csum_size, GFP_NOFS);
-               if (!result)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-       } else {
-               result = (char *)&inline_result;
-       }
+       memset(result, 0, BTRFS_CSUM_SIZE);
 
        btrfs_csum_final(crc, result);
 
                                "%s checksum verify failed on %llu wanted %X found %X level %d",
                                fs_info->sb->s_id, buf->start,
                                val, found, btrfs_header_level(buf));
-                       if (result != (char *)&inline_result)
-                               kfree(result);
                        return -EUCLEAN;
                }
        } else {
                write_extent_buffer(buf, result, 0, csum_size);
        }
-       if (result != (char *)&inline_result)
-               kfree(result);
+
        return 0;
 }