return ERR_CAST(mnt);
 
        ns_private = create_mnt_ns(mnt);
-       if (IS_ERR(ns_private)) {
-               mntput(mnt);
+       if (IS_ERR(ns_private))
                return ERR_CAST(ns_private);
-       }
 
        /*
         * This will trigger the automount of the subvol so we can just
 
        int ret;
 
        ns_private = create_mnt_ns(root_mnt);
-       ret = PTR_ERR(ns_private);
        if (IS_ERR(ns_private))
-               goto out_mntput;
+               return ERR_CAST(ns_private);
 
        ret = nfs_referral_loop_protect();
-       if (ret != 0)
-               goto out_put_mnt_ns;
-
-       ret = vfs_path_lookup(root_mnt->mnt_root, root_mnt,
-                       export_path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT, &path);
+       if (ret == 0) {
+               ret = vfs_path_lookup(root_mnt->mnt_root, root_mnt,
+                               export_path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_AUTOMOUNT,
+                               &path);
+               nfs_referral_loop_unprotect();
+       }
 
-       nfs_referral_loop_unprotect();
        put_mnt_ns(ns_private);
 
        if (ret != 0)
-               goto out_err;
+               return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
        s = path.mnt->mnt_sb;
        atomic_inc(&s->s_active);
        path_put(&path);
        down_write(&s->s_umount);
        return dentry;
-out_put_mnt_ns:
-       put_mnt_ns(ns_private);
-out_mntput:
-       mntput(root_mnt);
-out_err:
-       return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 static struct dentry *nfs4_try_mount(int flags, const char *dev_name,