diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 64e9ee1b129e22..08ad8e8fe68f29 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
 	struct qstr qstr;
 
 	if (xlate_proc_name(name, parent, &fn) != 0)
-		goto out;
+		return ent;
 	qstr.name = fn;
 	qstr.len = strlen(fn);
 	if (qstr.len == 0 || qstr.len >= 256) {
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
 
 	ent = kmem_cache_zalloc(proc_dir_entry_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ent)
-		goto out;
+		return ent;
 
 	if (qstr.len + 1 <= SIZEOF_PDE_INLINE_NAME) {
 		ent->name = ent->inline_name;
@@ -432,7 +432,6 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
 
 	ent->proc_dops = &proc_misc_dentry_ops;
 
-out:
 	return ent;
 }