intel_engine_mask_t tmp, mask = engine->mask;
        struct llist_node *first = NULL, *last = NULL;
        struct intel_gt *gt = engine->gt;
-       int err;
 
        GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
 
                node = reuse_idle_barrier(ref, idx);
                if (!node) {
                        node = kmem_cache_alloc(global.slab_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
-                       if (!node) {
-                               err = ENOMEM;
+                       if (!node)
                                goto unwind;
-                       }
 
                        RCU_INIT_POINTER(node->base.fence, NULL);
                        node->base.cb.func = node_retire;
 
                kmem_cache_free(global.slab_cache, node);
        }
-       return err;
+       return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 void i915_active_acquire_barrier(struct i915_active *ref)