diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 48a7d00..d7018bf 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
 static int sel_make_policycap(void);
 
 /* declaration for sel_make_class_dirs */
-static int sel_make_dir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+static struct dentry *sel_make_dir(struct dentry *dir, const char *name,
 			unsigned long *ino);
 
 static ssize_t sel_read_mls(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
@@ -1678,13 +1678,9 @@
 	inode->i_ino = sel_class_to_ino(index);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 
-	dentry = d_alloc_name(dir, "perms");
-	if (!dentry)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	rc = sel_make_dir(dir->d_inode, dentry, &last_class_ino);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
+	dentry = sel_make_dir(dir, "perms", &last_class_ino);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
 
 	rc = sel_make_perm_files(classname, index, dentry);
 
@@ -1733,15 +1729,12 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < nclasses; i++) {
 		struct dentry *class_name_dir;
 
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		class_name_dir = d_alloc_name(class_dir, classes[i]);
-		if (!class_name_dir)
-			goto out;
-
-		rc = sel_make_dir(class_dir->d_inode, class_name_dir,
+		class_name_dir = sel_make_dir(class_dir, classes[i],
 				&last_class_ino);
-		if (rc)
+		if (IS_ERR(class_name_dir)) {
+			rc = PTR_ERR(class_name_dir);
 			goto out;
+		}
 
 		/* i+1 since class values are 1-indexed */
 		rc = sel_make_class_dir_entries(classes[i], i + 1,
@@ -1787,14 +1780,20 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int sel_make_dir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
+static struct dentry *sel_make_dir(struct dentry *dir, const char *name,
 			unsigned long *ino)
 {
+	struct dentry *dentry = d_alloc_name(dir, name);
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	inode = sel_make_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
-	if (!inode)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!dentry)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	inode = sel_make_inode(dir->d_sb, S_IFDIR | S_IRUGO | S_IXUGO);
+	if (!inode) {
+		dput(dentry);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
 
 	inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;
@@ -1803,16 +1802,16 @@
 	inc_nlink(inode);
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	/* bump link count on parent directory, too */
-	inc_nlink(dir);
+	inc_nlink(dir->d_inode);
 
-	return 0;
+	return dentry;
 }
 
 static int sel_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-	struct inode *inode, *root_inode;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec;
 
 	static struct tree_descr selinux_files[] = {
@@ -1839,18 +1838,12 @@
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	root_inode = sb->s_root->d_inode;
-
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	dentry = d_alloc_name(sb->s_root, BOOL_DIR_NAME);
-	if (!dentry)
+	bool_dir = sel_make_dir(sb->s_root, BOOL_DIR_NAME, &sel_last_ino);
+	if (IS_ERR(bool_dir)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(bool_dir);
+		bool_dir = NULL;
 		goto err;
-
-	ret = sel_make_dir(root_inode, dentry, &sel_last_ino);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err;
-
-	bool_dir = dentry;
+	}
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	dentry = d_alloc_name(sb->s_root, NULL_FILE_NAME);
@@ -1872,54 +1865,39 @@
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	selinux_null = dentry;
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	dentry = d_alloc_name(sb->s_root, "avc");
-	if (!dentry)
+	dentry = sel_make_dir(sb->s_root, "avc", &sel_last_ino);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 		goto err;
-
-	ret = sel_make_dir(root_inode, dentry, &sel_last_ino);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err;
+	}
 
 	ret = sel_make_avc_files(dentry);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	dentry = d_alloc_name(sb->s_root, "initial_contexts");
-	if (!dentry)
+	dentry = sel_make_dir(sb->s_root, "initial_contexts", &sel_last_ino);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 		goto err;
-
-	ret = sel_make_dir(root_inode, dentry, &sel_last_ino);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err;
+	}
 
 	ret = sel_make_initcon_files(dentry);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	dentry = d_alloc_name(sb->s_root, "class");
-	if (!dentry)
+	class_dir = sel_make_dir(sb->s_root, "class", &sel_last_ino);
+	if (IS_ERR(class_dir)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(class_dir);
+		class_dir = NULL;
 		goto err;
+	}
 
-	ret = sel_make_dir(root_inode, dentry, &sel_last_ino);
-	if (ret)
+	policycap_dir = sel_make_dir(sb->s_root, "policy_capabilities", &sel_last_ino);
+	if (IS_ERR(policycap_dir)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(policycap_dir);
+		policycap_dir = NULL;
 		goto err;
-
-	class_dir = dentry;
-
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	dentry = d_alloc_name(sb->s_root, "policy_capabilities");
-	if (!dentry)
-		goto err;
-
-	ret = sel_make_dir(root_inode, dentry, &sel_last_ino);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err;
-
-	policycap_dir = dentry;
-
+	}
 	return 0;
 err:
 	printk(KERN_ERR "SELinux: %s:  failed while creating inodes\n",