struct avc_node *pos, *node = NULL;
        int hvalue;
        unsigned long flag;
+       spinlock_t *lock;
+       struct hlist_head *head;
 
        if (avc_latest_notif_update(avc, avd->seqno, 1))
-               goto out;
+               return NULL;
 
        node = avc_alloc_node(avc);
-       if (node) {
-               struct hlist_head *head;
-               spinlock_t *lock;
-               int rc = 0;
-
-               hvalue = avc_hash(ssid, tsid, tclass);
-               avc_node_populate(node, ssid, tsid, tclass, avd);
-               rc = avc_xperms_populate(node, xp_node);
-               if (rc) {
-                       kmem_cache_free(avc_node_cachep, node);
-                       return NULL;
-               }
-               head = &avc->avc_cache.slots[hvalue];
-               lock = &avc->avc_cache.slots_lock[hvalue];
+       if (!node)
+               return NULL;
 
-               spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flag);
-               hlist_for_each_entry(pos, head, list) {
-                       if (pos->ae.ssid == ssid &&
-                           pos->ae.tsid == tsid &&
-                           pos->ae.tclass == tclass) {
-                               avc_node_replace(avc, node, pos);
-                               goto found;
-                       }
+       avc_node_populate(node, ssid, tsid, tclass, avd);
+       if (avc_xperms_populate(node, xp_node)) {
+               avc_node_kill(avc, node);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       hvalue = avc_hash(ssid, tsid, tclass);
+       head = &avc->avc_cache.slots[hvalue];
+       lock = &avc->avc_cache.slots_lock[hvalue];
+       spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flag);
+       hlist_for_each_entry(pos, head, list) {
+               if (pos->ae.ssid == ssid &&
+                       pos->ae.tsid == tsid &&
+                       pos->ae.tclass == tclass) {
+                       avc_node_replace(avc, node, pos);
+                       goto found;
                }
-               hlist_add_head_rcu(&node->list, head);
-found:
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flag);
        }
-out:
+       hlist_add_head_rcu(&node->list, head);
+found:
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flag);
        return node;
 }