diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 28debe4e148..249a517591b 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -355,32 +355,6 @@ static struct css_set *find_existing_css_set(
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/*
- * allocate_cg_links() allocates "count" cg_cgroup_link structures
- * and chains them on tmp through their cgrp_link_list fields. Returns 0 on
- * success or a negative error
- */
-static int allocate_cg_links(int count, struct list_head *tmp)
-{
-	struct cg_cgroup_link *link;
-	struct cg_cgroup_link *saved_link;
-	int i;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(tmp);
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		link = kmalloc(sizeof(*link), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!link) {
-			list_for_each_entry_safe(link, saved_link, tmp,
-						 cgrp_link_list) {
-				list_del(&link->cgrp_link_list);
-				kfree(link);
-			}
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-		list_add(&link->cgrp_link_list, tmp);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void free_cg_links(struct list_head *tmp)
 {
 	struct cg_cgroup_link *link;
@@ -392,6 +366,27 @@ static void free_cg_links(struct list_head *tmp)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * allocate_cg_links() allocates "count" cg_cgroup_link structures
+ * and chains them on tmp through their cgrp_link_list fields. Returns 0 on
+ * success or a negative error
+ */
+static int allocate_cg_links(int count, struct list_head *tmp)
+{
+	struct cg_cgroup_link *link;
+	int i;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(tmp);
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		link = kmalloc(sizeof(*link), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!link) {
+			free_cg_links(tmp);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		list_add(&link->cgrp_link_list, tmp);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * find_css_set() takes an existing cgroup group and a
  * cgroup object, and returns a css_set object that's
@@ -956,7 +951,6 @@ static int cgroup_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	struct cgroupfs_root *root;
 	struct list_head tmp_cg_links;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp_cg_links);
 
 	/* First find the desired set of subsystems */
 	ret = parse_cgroupfs_options(data, &opts);