diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index 02cd60aefbff8906671c4f018dc38028efda4975..e8804d3734044f578da6d4427e4961431d61ae5a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ symlink_hash(unsigned int link_len, const char *link_str, u8 *md5_hash)
 
 	md5 = crypto_alloc_shash("md5", 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(md5)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(md5);
 		cERROR(1, "%s: Crypto md5 allocation error %d\n", __func__, rc);
-		return PTR_ERR(md5);
+		return rc;
 	}
 	size = sizeof(struct shash_desc) + crypto_shash_descsize(md5);
 	sdescmd5 = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c b/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c
index b5450e9f40c022e7b7de3db1a0286cb1bcd089fc..b5041c84998137a6bbe251df2c7c55806def0cb4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ mdfour(unsigned char *md4_hash, unsigned char *link_str, int link_len)
 
 	md4 = crypto_alloc_shash("md4", 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(md4)) {
+		rc = PTR_ERR(md4);
 		cERROR(1, "%s: Crypto md4 allocation error %d\n", __func__, rc);
-		return PTR_ERR(md4);
+		return rc;
 	}
 	size = sizeof(struct shash_desc) + crypto_shash_descsize(md4);
 	sdescmd4 = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);