retval->boundary = boundary;
        retval->allocation = allocation;
 
-       if (dev) {
-               int ret;
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&retval->pools);
 
-               mutex_lock(&pools_lock);
-               if (list_empty(&dev->dma_pools))
-                       ret = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_pools);
-               else
-                       ret = 0;
-               /* note:  not currently insisting "name" be unique */
-               if (!ret)
-                       list_add(&retval->pools, &dev->dma_pools);
-               else {
-                       kfree(retval);
-                       retval = NULL;
-               }
-               mutex_unlock(&pools_lock);
+       mutex_lock(&pools_lock);
+       if (list_empty(&dev->dma_pools) &&
+           device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_pools)) {
+               kfree(retval);
+               return NULL;
        } else
-               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&retval->pools);
+               list_add(&retval->pools, &dev->dma_pools);
+       mutex_unlock(&pools_lock);
 
        return retval;
 }