diff --git a/net/sched/cls_basic.c b/net/sched/cls_basic.c
index 7cf0a62fc4c998a329677daa09459b52f57d6eb0..5aed341406c2366ed5c7b50c54f113e21bd27fde 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_basic.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_basic.c
@@ -178,10 +178,9 @@ static int basic_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	err = -ENOBUFS;
 	fnew = kzalloc(sizeof(*fnew), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (fnew == NULL)
-		goto errout;
+	if (!fnew)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
 
 	tcf_exts_init(&fnew->exts, TCA_BASIC_ACT, TCA_BASIC_POLICE);
 	err = -EINVAL;