diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 59d24e9..c189b82 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 		if (!IS_ERR(devfreq)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "%s: Unable to create devfreq for the device. It already has one.\n", __func__);
 			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto out;
+			goto err_out;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
 		dev_err(dev, "%s: Unable to create devfreq for the device\n",
 			__func__);
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	mutex_init(&devfreq->lock);
@@ -399,17 +399,16 @@
 				   devfreq->next_polling);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock);
-	goto out;
+out:
+	return devfreq;
+
 err_init:
 	device_unregister(&devfreq->dev);
 err_dev:
 	mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
 	kfree(devfreq);
-out:
-	if (err)
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-	else
-		return devfreq;
+err_out:
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 /**