if (likely(!retval))
                audit_inode(name, path->dentry, flags & LOOKUP_PARENT);
        restore_nameidata(saved_nd);
+       putname(name);
        return retval;
 }
 
 {
        struct nameidata nd;
        struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
-       int res = PTR_ERR(filename);
-
-       if (!IS_ERR(filename)) {
-               res = filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, filename, flags, &nd, path);
-               putname(filename);
-       }
-       return res;
+       if (IS_ERR(filename))
+               return PTR_ERR(filename);
+       return filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, filename, flags, &nd, path);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_path);
 
                    const char *name, unsigned int flags,
                    struct path *path)
 {
+       struct nameidata nd;
        struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
-       int err = PTR_ERR(filename);
 
        BUG_ON(flags & LOOKUP_PARENT);
 
+       if (IS_ERR(filename))
+               return PTR_ERR(filename);
+
+       nd.root.dentry = dentry;
+       nd.root.mnt = mnt;
        /* the first argument of filename_lookup() is ignored with LOOKUP_ROOT */
-       if (!IS_ERR(filename)) {
-               struct nameidata nd;
-               nd.root.dentry = dentry;
-               nd.root.mnt = mnt;
-               err = filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, filename,
+       return filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, filename,
                                      flags | LOOKUP_ROOT, &nd, path);
-               putname(filename);
-       }
-       return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_path_lookup);
 
 {
        struct nameidata nd;
        struct filename *tmp = getname_flags(name, flags, empty);
-       int err = PTR_ERR(tmp);
-       if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
+       if (IS_ERR(tmp))
+               return PTR_ERR(tmp);
 
-               BUG_ON(flags & LOOKUP_PARENT);
+       BUG_ON(flags & LOOKUP_PARENT);
 
-               err = filename_lookup(dfd, tmp, flags, &nd, path);
-               putname(tmp);
-       }
-       return err;
+       return filename_lookup(dfd, tmp, flags, &nd, path);
 }
 
 int user_path_at(int dfd, const char __user *name, unsigned flags,