clp->cl_rpcclient->cl_auth->au_flavor);
 
        res.server_scope = kzalloc(sizeof(struct server_scope), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (unlikely(!res.server_scope))
-               return -ENOMEM;
+       if (unlikely(!res.server_scope)) {
+               status = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out;
+       }
 
        status = rpc_call_sync(clp->cl_rpcclient, &msg, RPC_TASK_TIMEOUT);
        if (!status)
                        clp->server_scope = NULL;
                }
 
-               if (!clp->server_scope)
+               if (!clp->server_scope) {
                        clp->server_scope = res.server_scope;
-               else
-                       kfree(res.server_scope);
+                       goto out;
+               }
        }
-
+       kfree(res.server_scope);
+out:
        dprintk("<-- %s status= %d\n", __func__, status);
        return status;
 }