chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
        devname = kmalloc(DEVNAME_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-       if (chip == NULL || devname == NULL) {
-               kfree(chip);
-               kfree(devname);
-               return NULL;
-       }
+       if (chip == NULL || devname == NULL)
+               goto out_free;
 
        mutex_init(&chip->buffer_mutex);
        mutex_init(&chip->tpm_mutex);
 
        if (chip->dev_num >= TPM_NUM_DEVICES) {
                dev_err(dev, "No available tpm device numbers\n");
-               kfree(chip);
-               return NULL;
+               goto out_free;
        } else if (chip->dev_num == 0)
                chip->vendor.miscdev.minor = TPM_MINOR;
        else
        spin_unlock(&driver_lock);
 
        return chip;
+
+out_free:
+       kfree(chip);
+       kfree(devname);
+       return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_register_hardware);