struct rpc_channel channel;
        char *msg, *reply = NULL;
        size_t reply_len = 0;
-       int ret = 0;
-
 
        if (!vmw_msg_enabled)
                return -ENODEV;
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       if (vmw_open_channel(&channel, RPCI_PROTOCOL_NUM) ||
-           vmw_send_msg(&channel, msg) ||
-           vmw_recv_msg(&channel, (void *) &reply, &reply_len) ||
-           vmw_close_channel(&channel)) {
-               DRM_ERROR("Failed to get %s", guest_info_param);
+       if (vmw_open_channel(&channel, RPCI_PROTOCOL_NUM))
+               goto out_open;
 
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-       }
+       if (vmw_send_msg(&channel, msg) ||
+           vmw_recv_msg(&channel, (void *) &reply, &reply_len))
+               goto out_msg;
 
+       vmw_close_channel(&channel);
        if (buffer && reply && reply_len > 0) {
                /* Remove reply code, which are the first 2 characters of
                 * the reply
        kfree(reply);
        kfree(msg);
 
-       return ret;
+       return 0;
+
+out_msg:
+       vmw_close_channel(&channel);
+       kfree(reply);
+out_open:
+       *length = 0;
+       kfree(msg);
+       DRM_ERROR("Failed to get %s", guest_info_param);
+
+       return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       if (vmw_open_channel(&channel, RPCI_PROTOCOL_NUM) ||
-           vmw_send_msg(&channel, msg) ||
-           vmw_close_channel(&channel)) {
-               DRM_ERROR("Failed to send log\n");
+       if (vmw_open_channel(&channel, RPCI_PROTOCOL_NUM))
+               goto out_open;
 
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-       }
+       if (vmw_send_msg(&channel, msg))
+               goto out_msg;
 
+       vmw_close_channel(&channel);
        kfree(msg);
 
-       return ret;
+       return 0;
+
+out_msg:
+       vmw_close_channel(&channel);
+out_open:
+       kfree(msg);
+       DRM_ERROR("Failed to send log\n");
+
+       return -EINVAL;
 }