diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 06dfd778cae5efbe493e1c10ad5d1f1f5ffd9d3a..2447bd86f8015c51455b92d274521d1534976471 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ static journal_t * journal_init_common (void)
 
 	journal = kzalloc(sizeof(*journal), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!journal)
-		goto fail;
+		return NULL;
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&journal->j_wait_transaction_locked);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&journal->j_wait_logspace);
@@ -853,14 +853,12 @@ static journal_t * journal_init_common (void)
 	err = jbd2_journal_init_revoke(journal, JOURNAL_REVOKE_DEFAULT_HASH);
 	if (err) {
 		kfree(journal);
-		goto fail;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&journal->j_history_lock);
 
 	return journal;
-fail:
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 /* jbd2_journal_init_dev and jbd2_journal_init_inode: