diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 52cfe99ae0565f20295139f543cf2a3d490eeeb2..21262f2b16545df84d4da4b901bd9d5bf9b568cc 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -2892,37 +2892,24 @@ static int ocfs2_dlm_debug_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 static int ocfs2_dlm_debug_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	int ret;
 	struct ocfs2_dlm_seq_priv *priv;
-	struct seq_file *seq;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb;
 
-	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_dlm_seq_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	priv = __seq_open_private(file, &ocfs2_dlm_seq_ops, sizeof(*priv));
 	if (!priv) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
+		mlog_errno(-ENOMEM);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+
 	osb = inode->i_private;
 	ocfs2_get_dlm_debug(osb->osb_dlm_debug);
 	priv->p_dlm_debug = osb->osb_dlm_debug;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->p_iter_res.l_debug_list);
 
-	ret = seq_open(file, &ocfs2_dlm_seq_ops);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(priv);
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = priv;
-
 	ocfs2_add_lockres_tracking(&priv->p_iter_res,
 				   priv->p_dlm_debug);
 
-out:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations ocfs2_dlm_debug_fops = {