return -EINVAL;
 
        dump = vzalloc(sizeof(*dump));
-       if (!dump) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto out_err;
-       }
+       if (!dump)
+               return -ENOMEM;
 
        /* Keep size of the buffer page aligned so that it can be mmaped */
        data_size = roundup(sizeof(struct vmcoredd_header) + data->size,
        dump->size = data_size;
 
        /* Add the dump to driver sysfs list and update the elfcore hdr */
-       mutex_lock(&vmcore_mutex);
-       if (vmcore_opened)
-               pr_warn_once("Unexpected adding of device dump\n");
-       if (vmcore_open) {
-               ret = -EBUSY;
-               goto unlock;
-       }
+       scoped_guard(mutex, &vmcore_mutex) {
+               if (vmcore_opened)
+                       pr_warn_once("Unexpected adding of device dump\n");
+               if (vmcore_open) {
+                       ret = -EBUSY;
+                       goto out_err;
+               }
 
-       list_add_tail(&dump->list, &vmcoredd_list);
-       vmcoredd_update_size(data_size);
-       mutex_unlock(&vmcore_mutex);
+               list_add_tail(&dump->list, &vmcoredd_list);
+               vmcoredd_update_size(data_size);
+       }
        return 0;
 
-unlock:
-       mutex_unlock(&vmcore_mutex);
-
 out_err:
        vfree(buf);
        vfree(dump);