diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 1376a47fedeedbd902db2f0b8ecfdd44cd87d9a0..f1df24c2bc84fe76f2d1001ce1e567b2b7d6e561 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -5409,6 +5409,7 @@ static int kvm_debugfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 			   int (*get)(void *, u64 *), int (*set)(void *, u64),
 			   const char *fmt)
 {
+	int ret;
 	struct kvm_stat_data *stat_data = (struct kvm_stat_data *)
 					  inode->i_private;
 
@@ -5420,15 +5421,13 @@ static int kvm_debugfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	if (!kvm_get_kvm_safe(stat_data->kvm))
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	if (simple_attr_open(inode, file, get,
-		    kvm_stats_debugfs_mode(stat_data->desc) & 0222
-		    ? set : NULL,
-		    fmt)) {
+	ret = simple_attr_open(inode, file, get,
+			       kvm_stats_debugfs_mode(stat_data->desc) & 0222
+			       ? set : NULL, fmt);
+	if (ret)
 		kvm_put_kvm(stat_data->kvm);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int kvm_debugfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)