diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c
index 1a66c5baa0d1f292188a1756cf17d5243b2ffe58..0658908d8968d3f030d156a3c263e885f11e3477 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c
@@ -1034,37 +1034,19 @@ struct ffs_sb_fill_data {
 	struct ffs_file_perms perms;
 	umode_t root_mode;
 	const char *dev_name;
-	union {
-		/* set by ffs_fs_mount(), read by ffs_sb_fill() */
-		void *private_data;
-		/* set by ffs_sb_fill(), read by ffs_fs_mount */
-		struct ffs_data *ffs_data;
-	};
+	struct ffs_data *ffs_data;
 };
 
 static int ffs_sb_fill(struct super_block *sb, void *_data, int silent)
 {
 	struct ffs_sb_fill_data *data = _data;
 	struct inode	*inode;
-	struct ffs_data	*ffs;
+	struct ffs_data	*ffs = data->ffs_data;
 
 	ENTER();
 
-	/* Initialise data */
-	ffs = ffs_data_new();
-	if (unlikely(!ffs))
-		goto Enomem;
-
 	ffs->sb              = sb;
-	ffs->dev_name        = kstrdup(data->dev_name, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (unlikely(!ffs->dev_name))
-		goto Enomem;
-	ffs->file_perms      = data->perms;
-	ffs->private_data    = data->private_data;
-
-	/* used by the caller of this function */
-	data->ffs_data       = ffs;
-
+	data->ffs_data       = NULL;
 	sb->s_fs_info        = ffs;
 	sb->s_blocksize      = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
@@ -1080,17 +1062,14 @@ static int ffs_sb_fill(struct super_block *sb, void *_data, int silent)
 				  &data->perms);
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
 	if (unlikely(!sb->s_root))
-		goto Enomem;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* EP0 file */
 	if (unlikely(!ffs_sb_create_file(sb, "ep0", ffs,
 					 &ffs_ep0_operations, NULL)))
-		goto Enomem;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
-
-Enomem:
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static int ffs_fs_parse_opts(struct ffs_sb_fill_data *data, char *opts)
@@ -1193,6 +1172,7 @@ ffs_fs_mount(struct file_system_type *t, int flags,
 	struct dentry *rv;
 	int ret;
 	void *ffs_dev;
+	struct ffs_data	*ffs;
 
 	ENTER();
 
@@ -1200,18 +1180,30 @@ ffs_fs_mount(struct file_system_type *t, int flags,
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
+	ffs = ffs_data_new();
+	if (unlikely(!ffs))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	ffs->file_perms = data.perms;
+
+	ffs->dev_name = kstrdup(dev_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(!ffs->dev_name)) {
+		ffs_data_put(ffs);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
 	ffs_dev = functionfs_acquire_dev_callback(dev_name);
-	if (IS_ERR(ffs_dev))
-		return ffs_dev;
+	if (IS_ERR(ffs_dev)) {
+		ffs_data_put(ffs);
+		return ERR_CAST(ffs_dev);
+	}
+	ffs->private_data = ffs_dev;
+	data.ffs_data = ffs;
 
-	data.dev_name = dev_name;
-	data.private_data = ffs_dev;
 	rv = mount_nodev(t, flags, &data, ffs_sb_fill);
-
-	/* data.ffs_data is set by ffs_sb_fill */
-	if (IS_ERR(rv))
+	if (IS_ERR(rv) && data.ffs_data) {
 		functionfs_release_dev_callback(data.ffs_data);
-
+		ffs_data_put(data.ffs_data);
+	}
 	return rv;
 }