static int uinput_validate_absbits(struct input_dev *dev)
 {
        unsigned int cnt;
-       int retval = 0;
+       int nslot;
+
+       if (!test_bit(EV_ABS, dev->evbit))
+               return 0;
+
+       /*
+        * Check if absmin/absmax/absfuzz/absflat are sane.
+        */
 
        for (cnt = 0; cnt < ABS_CNT; cnt++) {
                int min, max;
                                UINPUT_NAME, cnt,
                                input_abs_get_min(dev, cnt),
                                input_abs_get_max(dev, cnt));
-                       retval = -EINVAL;
-                       break;
+                       return -EINVAL;
                }
 
                if (input_abs_get_flat(dev, cnt) >
                                input_abs_get_flat(dev, cnt),
                                input_abs_get_min(dev, cnt),
                                input_abs_get_max(dev, cnt));
-                       retval = -EINVAL;
-                       break;
+                       return -EINVAL;
                }
        }
-       return retval;
+
+       if (test_bit(ABS_MT_SLOT, dev->absbit)) {
+               nslot = input_abs_get_max(dev, ABS_MT_SLOT) + 1;
+               input_mt_init_slots(dev, nslot, 0);
+       } else if (test_bit(ABS_MT_POSITION_X, dev->absbit)) {
+               input_set_events_per_packet(dev, 60);
+       }
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int uinput_allocate_device(struct uinput_device *udev)
                input_abs_set_flat(dev, i, user_dev->absflat[i]);
        }
 
-       /* check if absmin/absmax/absfuzz/absflat are filled as
-        * told in Documentation/input/input-programming.txt */
-       if (test_bit(EV_ABS, dev->evbit)) {
-               retval = uinput_validate_absbits(dev);
-               if (retval < 0)
-                       goto exit;
-               if (test_bit(ABS_MT_SLOT, dev->absbit)) {
-                       int nslot = input_abs_get_max(dev, ABS_MT_SLOT) + 1;
-                       input_mt_init_slots(dev, nslot, 0);
-               } else if (test_bit(ABS_MT_POSITION_X, dev->absbit)) {
-                       input_set_events_per_packet(dev, 60);
-               }
-       }
+       retval = uinput_validate_absbits(dev);
+       if (retval < 0)
+               goto exit;
 
        udev->state = UIST_SETUP_COMPLETE;
        retval = count;