diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 5dd411b084b..8ec63f73591 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fd_install);
 asmlinkage long sys_open(const char __user * filename, int flags, int mode)
 {
 	char * tmp;
-	int fd, error;
+	int fd;
 
 	if (force_o_largefile())
 		flags |= O_LARGEFILE;
@@ -945,20 +945,16 @@ asmlinkage long sys_open(const char __user * filename, int flags, int mode)
 		fd = get_unused_fd();
 		if (fd >= 0) {
 			struct file *f = filp_open(tmp, flags, mode);
-			error = PTR_ERR(f);
-			if (IS_ERR(f))
-				goto out_error;
-			fd_install(fd, f);
+			if (IS_ERR(f)) {
+				put_unused_fd(fd);
+				fd = PTR_ERR(f);
+			} else {
+				fd_install(fd, f);
+			}
 		}
-out:
 		putname(tmp);
 	}
 	return fd;
-
-out_error:
-	put_unused_fd(fd);
-	fd = error;
-	goto out;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sys_open);