diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 986709a8d9032..026d6464335bd 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -3857,10 +3857,8 @@ cifs_construct_tcon(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, uid_t fsuid)
 	struct smb_vol *vol_info;
 
 	vol_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*vol_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (vol_info == NULL) {
-		tcon = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (vol_info == NULL)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	vol_info->local_nls = cifs_sb->local_nls;
 	vol_info->linux_uid = fsuid;