struct cred *cred;
        int retval = 0;
        int flag = 0;
-       int ispipe = 0;
-       char **helper_argv = NULL;
-       int helper_argc = 0;
-       int dump_count = 0;
+       int ispipe;
        static atomic_t core_dump_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
        struct coredump_params cprm = {
                .signr = signr,
        unlock_kernel();
 
        if (ispipe) {
+               int dump_count;
+               char **helper_argv;
+
                if (cprm.limit == 1) {
                        /*
                         * Normally core limits are irrelevant to pipes, since
                        printk(KERN_WARNING "Aborting core\n");
                        goto fail_unlock;
                }
+               cprm.limit = RLIM_INFINITY;
 
                dump_count = atomic_inc_return(&core_dump_count);
                if (core_pipe_limit && (core_pipe_limit < dump_count)) {
                        goto fail_dropcount;
                }
 
-               helper_argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, corename+1, &helper_argc);
+               helper_argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, corename+1, NULL);
                if (!helper_argv) {
                        printk(KERN_WARNING "%s failed to allocate memory\n",
                               __func__);
                        goto fail_dropcount;
                }
 
-               cprm.limit = RLIM_INFINITY;
-
-               /* SIGPIPE can happen, but it's just never processed */
-               cprm.file = NULL;
-               if (call_usermodehelper_fns(helper_argv[0], helper_argv, NULL,
-                                           UMH_WAIT_EXEC, umh_pipe_setup,
-                                           NULL, &cprm)) {
-                       if (cprm.file)
-                               filp_close(cprm.file, NULL);
-
+               retval = call_usermodehelper_fns(helper_argv[0], helper_argv,
+                                       NULL, UMH_WAIT_EXEC, umh_pipe_setup,
+                                       NULL, &cprm);
+               argv_free(helper_argv);
+               if (retval) {
                        printk(KERN_INFO "Core dump to %s pipe failed\n",
                               corename);
-                       goto fail_dropcount;
+                       goto close_fail;
                }
        } else {
                struct inode *inode;
        retval = binfmt->core_dump(&cprm);
        if (retval)
                current->signal->group_exit_code |= 0x80;
-close_fail:
+
        if (ispipe && core_pipe_limit)
                wait_for_dump_helpers(cprm.file);
-       filp_close(cprm.file, NULL);
+close_fail:
+       if (cprm.file)
+               filp_close(cprm.file, NULL);
 fail_dropcount:
-       if (dump_count)
+       if (ispipe)
                atomic_dec(&core_dump_count);
 fail_unlock:
-       if (helper_argv)
-               argv_free(helper_argv);
-
        revert_creds(old_cred);
        put_cred(cred);
        coredump_finish(mm);