* Return a failure indication without storing it
  in an intermediate variable.

* Delete the local variable "error" which became unnecessary
  with this refactoring.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/15071/Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>