diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 9df45ffa9d63..790dadf11507 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1587,7 +1587,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_get_mempolicy(int __user *policy,
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_set_mempolicy(int mode, compat_ulong_t __user *nmask,
 				     compat_ulong_t maxnode)
 {
-	long err = 0;
 	unsigned long __user *nm = NULL;
 	unsigned long nr_bits, alloc_size;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(bm, MAX_NUMNODES);
@@ -1596,14 +1595,13 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_set_mempolicy(int mode, compat_ulong_t __user *nmask,
 	alloc_size = ALIGN(nr_bits, BITS_PER_LONG) / 8;
 
 	if (nmask) {
-		err = compat_get_bitmap(bm, nmask, nr_bits);
+		if (compat_get_bitmap(bm, nmask, nr_bits))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		nm = compat_alloc_user_space(alloc_size);
-		err |= copy_to_user(nm, bm, alloc_size);
+		if (copy_to_user(nm, bm, alloc_size))
+			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	if (err)
-		return -EFAULT;
-
 	return sys_set_mempolicy(mode, nm, nr_bits+1);
 }
 
@@ -1611,7 +1609,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_mbind(compat_ulong_t start, compat_ulong_t len,
 			     compat_ulong_t mode, compat_ulong_t __user *nmask,
 			     compat_ulong_t maxnode, compat_ulong_t flags)
 {
-	long err = 0;
 	unsigned long __user *nm = NULL;
 	unsigned long nr_bits, alloc_size;
 	nodemask_t bm;
@@ -1620,14 +1617,13 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_mbind(compat_ulong_t start, compat_ulong_t len,
 	alloc_size = ALIGN(nr_bits, BITS_PER_LONG) / 8;
 
 	if (nmask) {
-		err = compat_get_bitmap(nodes_addr(bm), nmask, nr_bits);
+		if (compat_get_bitmap(nodes_addr(bm), nmask, nr_bits))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		nm = compat_alloc_user_space(alloc_size);
-		err |= copy_to_user(nm, nodes_addr(bm), alloc_size);
+		if (copy_to_user(nm, nodes_addr(bm), alloc_size))
+			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	if (err)
-		return -EFAULT;
-
 	return sys_mbind(start, len, mode, nm, nr_bits+1, flags);
 }