diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
index 57b6a19..b34f6e2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 	struct delay_c *dc;
 	unsigned long long tmpll;
 	char dummy;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (argc != 3 && argc != 6) {
 		ti->error = "requires exactly 3 or 6 arguments";
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@
 
 	dc->reads = dc->writes = 0;
 
+	ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (sscanf(argv[1], "%llu%c", &tmpll, &dummy) != 1) {
 		ti->error = "Invalid device sector";
 		goto bad;
@@ -154,12 +156,14 @@
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
-	if (dm_get_device(ti, argv[0], dm_table_get_mode(ti->table),
-			  &dc->dev_read)) {
+	ret = dm_get_device(ti, argv[0], dm_table_get_mode(ti->table),
+			    &dc->dev_read);
+	if (ret) {
 		ti->error = "Device lookup failed";
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
+	ret = -EINVAL;
 	dc->dev_write = NULL;
 	if (argc == 3)
 		goto out;
@@ -175,13 +179,15 @@
 		goto bad_dev_read;
 	}
 
-	if (dm_get_device(ti, argv[3], dm_table_get_mode(ti->table),
-			  &dc->dev_write)) {
+	ret = dm_get_device(ti, argv[3], dm_table_get_mode(ti->table),
+			    &dc->dev_write);
+	if (ret) {
 		ti->error = "Write device lookup failed";
 		goto bad_dev_read;
 	}
 
 out:
+	ret = -EINVAL;
 	dc->kdelayd_wq = alloc_workqueue("kdelayd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	if (!dc->kdelayd_wq) {
 		DMERR("Couldn't start kdelayd");
@@ -208,7 +214,7 @@
 	dm_put_device(ti, dc->dev_read);
 bad:
 	kfree(dc);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void delay_dtr(struct dm_target *ti)