diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index c7fd277..793ae6f 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -2689,7 +2689,7 @@
 int proc_cpuset_show(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 		     struct pid *pid, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	char *buf, *p;
+	char *buf;
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 	int retval;
 
@@ -2700,18 +2700,18 @@
 
 	retval = -ENAMETOOLONG;
 	css = task_get_css(tsk, cpuset_cgrp_id);
-	p = cgroup_path_ns(css->cgroup, buf, PATH_MAX,
-			   current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);
+	retval = cgroup_path_ns(css->cgroup, buf, PATH_MAX,
+				current->nsproxy->cgroup_ns);
 	css_put(css);
-	if (!p)
+	if (retval >= PATH_MAX)
 		goto out_free;
-	seq_puts(m, p);
+	seq_puts(m, buf);
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 	retval = 0;
 out_free:
 	kfree(buf);
 out:
-	return retval;
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_PID_CPUSET */