diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index fbb4af9..bb0f186 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -199,24 +199,22 @@
 
 static char *savemem(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, __be32 *p, int nbytes)
 {
-	void *new = NULL;
 	if (p == argp->tmp) {
-		new = kmalloc(nbytes, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!new) return NULL;
-		p = new;
+		p = kmalloc(nbytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!p)
+			return NULL;
 		memcpy(p, argp->tmp, nbytes);
 	} else {
 		BUG_ON(p != argp->tmpp);
 		argp->tmpp = NULL;
 	}
 	if (defer_free(argp, kfree, p)) {
-		kfree(new);
+		kfree(p);
 		return NULL;
 	} else
 		return (char *)p;
 }
 
-
 static __be32
 nfsd4_decode_bitmap(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp, u32 *bmval)
 {