diff --git a/drivers/misc/nsm.c b/drivers/misc/nsm.c
index ef7b32742340..e39ff00714f7 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/nsm.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/nsm.c
@@ -365,9 +365,8 @@ static long nsm_dev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Copy user argument struct to kernel argument struct */
-	r = -EFAULT;
 	if (copy_from_user(&raw, argp, _IOC_SIZE(cmd)))
-		goto out;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	mutex_lock(&nsm->lock);