static struct dentry *blk_tree_root;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(blk_tree_mutex);
 
-static void blk_trace_cleanup(struct blk_trace *bt)
+static void blk_trace_free(struct blk_trace *bt)
 {
        debugfs_remove(bt->msg_file);
        debugfs_remove(bt->dropped_file);
        free_percpu(bt->sequence);
        free_percpu(bt->msg_data);
        kfree(bt);
+}
+
+static void blk_trace_cleanup(struct blk_trace *bt)
+{
+       blk_trace_free(bt);
        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&blk_probes_ref))
                blk_unregister_tracepoints();
 }
                if (buts->name[i] == '/')
                        buts->name[i] = '_';
 
-       ret = -ENOMEM;
        bt = kzalloc(sizeof(*bt), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!bt)
-               goto err;
+               return -ENOMEM;
 
+       ret = -ENOMEM;
        bt->sequence = alloc_percpu(unsigned long);
        if (!bt->sequence)
                goto err;
 
        return 0;
 err:
-       if (bt) {
-               if (bt->msg_file)
-                       debugfs_remove(bt->msg_file);
-               if (bt->dropped_file)
-                       debugfs_remove(bt->dropped_file);
-               free_percpu(bt->sequence);
-               free_percpu(bt->msg_data);
-               if (bt->rchan)
-                       relay_close(bt->rchan);
-               kfree(bt);
-       }
+       blk_trace_free(bt);
        return ret;
 }
 
 
 static void blk_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
+       blk_tracer_enabled = true;
        trace_flags &= ~TRACE_ITER_CONTEXT_INFO;
 }
 
 {
        blk_tr = tr;
        blk_tracer_start(tr);
-       blk_tracer_enabled = true;
        return 0;
 }
 
 static void blk_tracer_stop(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
+       blk_tracer_enabled = false;
        trace_flags |= TRACE_ITER_CONTEXT_INFO;
 }
 
 static void blk_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-       blk_tracer_enabled = false;
        blk_tracer_stop(tr);
 }
 
        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&blk_probes_ref))
                blk_unregister_tracepoints();
 
-       kfree(bt);
+       blk_trace_free(bt);
        return 0;
 }