* Get a ceph client with specific addr and configuration, if one does
  * not exist create it.
  */
-static int rbd_get_client(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev, const char *mon_addr,
-                         char *options)
+static struct rbd_client *rbd_get_client(const char *mon_addr, char *options)
 {
        struct rbd_client *rbdc;
        struct ceph_options *opt;
-       int ret;
        struct rbd_options *rbd_opts;
 
        rbd_opts = kzalloc(sizeof(*rbd_opts), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!rbd_opts)
-               return -ENOMEM;
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
        rbd_opts->notify_timeout = RBD_NOTIFY_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT;
 
                                mon_addr + strlen(mon_addr),
                                parse_rbd_opts_token, rbd_opts);
        if (IS_ERR(opt)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(opt);
-               goto done_err;
+               kfree(rbd_opts);
+               return ERR_CAST(opt);
        }
 
        spin_lock(&rbd_client_list_lock);
                kref_get(&rbdc->kref);
                spin_unlock(&rbd_client_list_lock);
 
-               rbd_dev->rbd_client = rbdc;
-
                ceph_destroy_options(opt);
                kfree(rbd_opts);
 
-               return 0;
+               return rbdc;
        }
        spin_unlock(&rbd_client_list_lock);
 
        rbdc = rbd_client_create(opt, rbd_opts);
 
-       if (IS_ERR(rbdc)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(rbdc);
-               goto done_err;
-       }
+       if (IS_ERR(rbdc))
+               kfree(rbd_opts);
 
-       rbd_dev->rbd_client = rbdc;
-       return 0;
-done_err:
-       kfree(rbd_opts);
-       return ret;
+       return rbdc;
 }
 
 /*
        /* initialize rest of new object */
        snprintf(rbd_dev->name, DEV_NAME_LEN, RBD_DRV_NAME "%d", rbd_dev->id);
 
-       rc = rbd_get_client(rbd_dev, mon_dev_name, options);
-       if (rc < 0)
+       rbd_dev->rbd_client = rbd_get_client(mon_dev_name, options);
+       if (IS_ERR(rbd_dev->rbd_client)) {
+               rc = PTR_ERR(rbd_dev->rbd_client);
                goto err_put_id;
+       }
 
        /* pick the pool */
        osdc = &rbd_dev->rbd_client->client->osdc;