diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index 7b9c5bf..b463f17f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -49,30 +49,33 @@
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = parent->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_symlink * sl;
-	int error = 0;
+	int error;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	sl = kmalloc(sizeof(*sl), GFP_KERNEL);
+	sl = kzalloc(sizeof(*sl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sl)
-		goto exit1;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	sl->link_name = kmalloc(strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sl->link_name)
-		goto exit2;
+		goto err_out;
 
 	strcpy(sl->link_name, name);
 	sl->target_kobj = kobject_get(target);
 
 	error = sysfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, sl, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO,
 				SYSFS_KOBJ_LINK);
-	if (!error)
-		return 0;
+	if (error)
+		goto err_out;
 
-	kobject_put(target);
-	kfree(sl->link_name);
-exit2:
-	kfree(sl);
-exit1:
+	return 0;
+
+ err_out:
+	if (sl) {
+		kobject_put(sl->target_kobj);
+		kfree(sl->link_name);
+		kfree(sl);
+	}
 	return error;
 }