diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index d8248198bcd721611336f38276ce84310ea53384..36d6798947b59026eb400c6b06882099fddd8ba0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -1378,24 +1378,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations arp_seq_ops = {
 
 static int arp_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct neigh_seq_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &arp_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq	     = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &arp_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct neigh_seq_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations arp_seq_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c b/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
index 9fafbeea8fe64f4b4f5f219b7f814d8b13f82a2c..527a6e0af5b60eb48b9e15459e8877db10c29db8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_hash.c
@@ -1039,24 +1039,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations fib_seq_ops = {
 
 static int fib_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct fib_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &fib_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq	     = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &fib_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct fib_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations fib_seq_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index be34bd556d58ea5a041dc10de3d98201ead4eb03..81a8285d6d6a4251c7cd166635f7058046078bf6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -2379,25 +2379,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations fib_trie_seq_ops = {
 
 static int fib_trie_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct fib_trie_iter *s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &fib_trie_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq	     = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-	memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &fib_trie_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct fib_trie_iter));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations fib_trie_fops = {
@@ -2500,25 +2483,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations fib_route_seq_ops = {
 
 static int fib_route_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct fib_trie_iter *s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &fib_route_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq	     = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-	memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &fib_route_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct fib_trie_iter));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations fib_route_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/igmp.c b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
index 2b6e59c4c0d058acbc791111f11ba2d48d98476f..7dbc282d4f9f3eb86a363f19f0fa19f29f1ad97b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/igmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
@@ -2410,23 +2410,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations igmp_mc_seq_ops = {
 
 static int igmp_mc_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct igmp_mc_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-	rc = seq_open(file, &igmp_mc_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &igmp_mc_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct igmp_mc_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations igmp_mc_seq_fops = {
@@ -2584,23 +2569,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations igmp_mcf_seq_ops = {
 
 static int igmp_mcf_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct igmp_mcf_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-	rc = seq_open(file, &igmp_mcf_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &igmp_mcf_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct igmp_mcf_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations igmp_mcf_seq_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index b8b4b497fb57309a3321960dd5d913542ed3e3cd..37bb497d92af2af2d714ed4d4694d25a4b9c5471 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -1714,26 +1714,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations ipmr_vif_seq_ops = {
 
 static int ipmr_vif_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct ipmr_vif_iter *s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &ipmr_vif_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	s->ct = 0;
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
-
+	return seq_open_private(file, &ipmr_vif_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct ipmr_vif_iter));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations ipmr_vif_fops = {
@@ -1877,25 +1859,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations ipmr_mfc_seq_ops = {
 
 static int ipmr_mfc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct ipmr_mfc_iter *s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &ipmr_mfc_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
-
+	return seq_open_private(file, &ipmr_mfc_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct ipmr_mfc_iter));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations ipmr_mfc_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index 61d023d58b5d8c86cc853ac951be87e97716df34..7345fc252a2315943b77c084a05ecaa45668d3e5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -1792,24 +1792,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations ip_vs_info_seq_ops = {
 
 static int ip_vs_info_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct ip_vs_iter *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &ip_vs_info_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq	     = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &ip_vs_info_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct ip_vs_iter));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations ip_vs_info_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/raw.c b/net/ipv4/raw.c
index 07070c7067f3b78fe88a9f961266461d7a6920bb..3916faca3afef64fcbc8d583715b384f364c56d7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/raw.c
@@ -902,24 +902,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations raw_seq_ops = {
 
 static int raw_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct raw_iter_state *s;
-
-	s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-	rc = seq_open(file, &raw_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &raw_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct raw_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations raw_seq_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 307e1f1107ca846230742289121e5d73709b10b9..21b12de9e6536663d5da2b60bd1d94b1d984acdd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -375,23 +375,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations rt_cache_seq_ops = {
 
 static int rt_cache_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct rt_cache_iter_state *s;
-
-	s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-	rc = seq_open(file, &rt_cache_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-	seq          = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &rt_cache_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct rt_cache_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations rt_cache_seq_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 6d5c3c299148dc940bf002e4381b7d8338dcd07f..8b2d760ddf26fb29260ce70d3dbc0d2e02373636 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2806,24 +2806,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations if6_seq_ops = {
 
 static int if6_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct if6_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &if6_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &if6_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct if6_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations if6_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/anycast.c b/net/ipv6/anycast.c
index 5810852c558a7d48d44a4a74b04f0779a466e3a1..f915c4df9820085fb5a5ff5798c152f89e4f7f4d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/anycast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/anycast.c
@@ -549,24 +549,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations ac6_seq_ops = {
 
 static int ac6_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct ac6_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &ac6_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &ac6_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct ac6_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations ac6_seq_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
index 1791399c7f103cc5985e76087b4e13f6b8a1f9a2..217d60f9fc80e89afc4e07a831ec9470c45b07e9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
@@ -658,24 +658,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations ip6fl_seq_ops = {
 
 static int ip6fl_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct ip6fl_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &ip6fl_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &ip6fl_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct ip6fl_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations ip6fl_seq_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index cc8d4e2a9531268526c33f5989791696ec487288..331d728c2035920a8cbe220115ff492abd073660 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -2426,24 +2426,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations igmp6_mc_seq_ops = {
 
 static int igmp6_mc_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct igmp6_mc_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &igmp6_mc_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &igmp6_mc_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct igmp6_mc_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations igmp6_mc_seq_fops = {
@@ -2600,24 +2584,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations igmp6_mcf_seq_ops = {
 
 static int igmp6_mcf_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct igmp6_mcf_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &igmp6_mcf_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &igmp6_mcf_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct igmp6_mcf_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations igmp6_mcf_seq_fops = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index bdd0974e6775c6e0542369d9310a5cb10be4af2a..ca24ef19cd8f294c35d7d285751a5bb55c5d1838 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -1289,21 +1289,8 @@ static const struct seq_operations raw6_seq_ops = {
 
 static int raw6_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct raw6_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-	rc = seq_open(file, &raw6_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &raw6_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct raw6_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations raw6_seq_fops = {
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 3ef32825da714889079b06f796abb74aef677902..f934f54fbfd51349a98252e69f4740b6e9536bb7 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1845,27 +1845,18 @@ static const struct seq_operations netlink_seq_ops = {
 
 static int netlink_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
 	struct nl_seq_iter *iter;
-	int err;
 
-	iter = kzalloc(sizeof(*iter), GFP_KERNEL);
+	iter = __seq_open_private(file, &netlink_seq_ops, sizeof(*iter));
 	if (!iter)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = seq_open(file, &netlink_seq_ops);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(iter);
-		return err;
-	}
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = iter;
 	iter->net = get_proc_net(inode);
 	if (!iter->net) {
 		seq_release_private(inode, file);
 		return -ENXIO;
 	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 10e73122c34c0bd23cb7a5bff61bb62c131cb4e4..2b57eaf66abc4086f7387704c1993ee399ba65c3 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2086,25 +2086,7 @@ static const struct seq_operations unix_seq_ops = {
 
 static int unix_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	int *iter = kmalloc(sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!iter)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &unix_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq	     = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = iter;
-	*iter = 0;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(iter);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &unix_seq_ops, sizeof(int));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations unix_seq_fops = {