diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 2892e68..7bdceed 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1934,30 +1934,32 @@
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	char * tmp;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct nameidata nd;
 
 	tmp = getname(pathname);
 	error = PTR_ERR(tmp);
-	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
-		struct dentry *dentry;
-		struct nameidata nd;
+	if (IS_ERR(tmp))
+		goto out_err;
 
-		error = do_path_lookup(dfd, tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
-		dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 1);
-		error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-		if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-			if (!IS_POSIXACL(nd.dentry->d_inode))
-				mode &= ~current->fs->umask;
-			error = vfs_mkdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode);
-			dput(dentry);
-		}
-		mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-		path_release(&nd);
+	error = do_path_lookup(dfd, tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+	if (error)
+		goto out;
+	dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 1);
+	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	if (!IS_POSIXACL(nd.dentry->d_inode))
+		mode &= ~current->fs->umask;
+	error = vfs_mkdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode);
+	dput(dentry);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	path_release(&nd);
 out:
-		putname(tmp);
-	}
-
+	putname(tmp);
+out_err:
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -2056,10 +2058,11 @@
 	mutex_lock_nested(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	dentry = lookup_hash(&nd);
 	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-	if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-		error = vfs_rmdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
-		dput(dentry);
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		goto exit2;
+	error = vfs_rmdir(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry);
+	dput(dentry);
+exit2:
 	mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 exit1:
 	path_release(&nd);
@@ -2199,30 +2202,33 @@
 	int error = 0;
 	char * from;
 	char * to;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct nameidata nd;
 
 	from = getname(oldname);
 	if(IS_ERR(from))
 		return PTR_ERR(from);
 	to = getname(newname);
 	error = PTR_ERR(to);
-	if (!IS_ERR(to)) {
-		struct dentry *dentry;
-		struct nameidata nd;
+	if (IS_ERR(to))
+		goto out_putname;
 
-		error = do_path_lookup(newdfd, to, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
-		dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
-		error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-		if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-			error = vfs_symlink(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from, S_IALLUGO);
-			dput(dentry);
-		}
-		mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-		path_release(&nd);
+	error = do_path_lookup(newdfd, to, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
+	if (error)
+		goto out;
+	dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
+	error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	error = vfs_symlink(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from, S_IALLUGO);
+	dput(dentry);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	path_release(&nd);
 out:
-		putname(to);
-	}
+	putname(to);
+out_putname:
 	putname(from);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -2308,10 +2314,11 @@
 		goto out_release;
 	new_dentry = lookup_create(&nd, 0);
 	error = PTR_ERR(new_dentry);
-	if (!IS_ERR(new_dentry)) {
-		error = vfs_link(old_nd.dentry, nd.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry);
-		dput(new_dentry);
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(new_dentry))
+		goto out_unlock;
+	error = vfs_link(old_nd.dentry, nd.dentry->d_inode, new_dentry);
+	dput(new_dentry);
+out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 out_release:
 	path_release(&nd);