return 0;
 
        tmp_options = kstrdup(opts, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!tmp_options)
+       if (!tmp_options) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
                goto fail_option_alloc;
+       }
        options = tmp_options;
 
        while ((p = strsep(&options, ",")) != NULL) {
                        break;
                case Opt_cache:
                        s = match_strdup(&args[0]);
-                       if (!s)
-                               goto fail_option_alloc;
+                       if (!s) {
+                               ret = -ENOMEM;
+                               P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+                                 "problem allocating copy of cache arg\n");
+                               goto free_and_return;
+                       }
 
                        if (strcmp(s, "loose") == 0)
                                v9ses->cache = CACHE_LOOSE;
 
                case Opt_access:
                        s = match_strdup(&args[0]);
-                       if (!s)
-                               goto fail_option_alloc;
+                       if (!s) {
+                               ret = -ENOMEM;
+                               P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+                                 "problem allocating copy of access arg\n");
+                               goto free_and_return;
+                       }
 
                        v9ses->flags &= ~V9FS_ACCESS_MASK;
                        if (strcmp(s, "user") == 0)
                }
        }
 
+free_and_return:
        kfree(tmp_options);
-       return ret;
-
 fail_option_alloc:
-       P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
-                  "failed to allocate copy of option argument\n");
-       return -ENOMEM;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**