diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 7b21b0a8259..1de2331db84 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -2230,21 +2230,16 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_signalfd(int ufd,
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_timerfd(int ufd, int clockid, int flags,
 				   const struct compat_itimerspec __user *utmr)
 {
-	long res;
 	struct itimerspec t;
 	struct itimerspec __user *ut;
 
-	res = -EFAULT;
 	if (get_compat_itimerspec(&t, utmr))
-		goto err_exit;
+		return -EFAULT;
 	ut = compat_alloc_user_space(sizeof(*ut));
-	if (copy_to_user(ut, &t, sizeof(t)) )
-		goto err_exit;
+	if (copy_to_user(ut, &t, sizeof(t)))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
-	res = sys_timerfd(ufd, clockid, flags, ut);
-err_exit:
-	return res;
+	return sys_timerfd(ufd, clockid, flags, ut);
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_TIMERFD */
-