diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 75b2745bac41..37d0b334bfe9 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1529,7 +1529,6 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(get_mempolicy, int __user *, policy,
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(set_mempolicy, int, mode, compat_ulong_t __user *, nmask,
 		       compat_ulong_t, maxnode)
 {
-	long err = 0;
 	unsigned long __user *nm = NULL;
 	unsigned long nr_bits, alloc_size;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(bm, MAX_NUMNODES);
@@ -1538,14 +1537,13 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(set_mempolicy, int, mode, compat_ulong_t __user *, nmask,
 	alloc_size = ALIGN(nr_bits, BITS_PER_LONG) / 8;
 
 	if (nmask) {
-		err = compat_get_bitmap(bm, nmask, nr_bits);
+		if (compat_get_bitmap(bm, nmask, nr_bits))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		nm = compat_alloc_user_space(alloc_size);
-		err |= copy_to_user(nm, bm, alloc_size);
+		if (copy_to_user(nm, bm, alloc_size))
+			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	if (err)
-		return -EFAULT;
-
 	return sys_set_mempolicy(mode, nm, nr_bits+1);
 }
 
@@ -1553,7 +1551,6 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(mbind, compat_ulong_t, start, compat_ulong_t, len,
 		       compat_ulong_t, mode, compat_ulong_t __user *, nmask,
 		       compat_ulong_t, maxnode, compat_ulong_t, flags)
 {
-	long err = 0;
 	unsigned long __user *nm = NULL;
 	unsigned long nr_bits, alloc_size;
 	nodemask_t bm;
@@ -1562,14 +1559,13 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE6(mbind, compat_ulong_t, start, compat_ulong_t, len,
 	alloc_size = ALIGN(nr_bits, BITS_PER_LONG) / 8;
 
 	if (nmask) {
-		err = compat_get_bitmap(nodes_addr(bm), nmask, nr_bits);
+		if (compat_get_bitmap(nodes_addr(bm), nmask, nr_bits))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		nm = compat_alloc_user_space(alloc_size);
-		err |= copy_to_user(nm, nodes_addr(bm), alloc_size);
+		if (copy_to_user(nm, nodes_addr(bm), alloc_size))
+			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	if (err)
-		return -EFAULT;
-
 	return sys_mbind(start, len, mode, nm, nr_bits+1, flags);
 }