diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index 495d5dea22b2..821722ae58a7 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -116,23 +116,11 @@ static void destroy_pid_namespace(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 
 struct pid_namespace *copy_pid_ns(unsigned long flags, struct pid_namespace *old_ns)
 {
-	struct pid_namespace *new_ns;
-
-	BUG_ON(!old_ns);
-	new_ns = get_pid_ns(old_ns);
 	if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWPID))
-		goto out;
-
-	new_ns = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		return get_pid_ns(old_ns);
 	if (flags & CLONE_THREAD)
-		goto out_put;
-
-	new_ns = create_pid_namespace(old_ns);
-
-out_put:
-	put_pid_ns(old_ns);
-out:
-	return new_ns;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	return create_pid_namespace(old_ns);
 }
 
 void free_pid_ns(struct kref *kref)