diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 7ce689d31aa2..f3b79012ff29 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -244,10 +244,8 @@ cifs_do_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, unsigned int xid,
 		*oplock = REQ_OPLOCK;
 
 	full_path = build_path_from_dentry(direntry);
-	if (full_path == NULL) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!full_path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (tcon->unix_ext && cap_unix(tcon->ses) && !tcon->broken_posix_open &&
 	    (CIFS_UNIX_POSIX_PATH_OPS_CAP &