diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index cc07c43..53c3097 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -476,14 +476,11 @@
 static ssize_t pgctrl_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 			    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int err = 0;
 	char data[128];
 	struct pktgen_net *pn = net_generic(current->nsproxy->net_ns, pg_net_id);
 
-	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
-		err = -EPERM;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (count == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -491,10 +488,9 @@
 	if (count > sizeof(data))
 		count = sizeof(data);
 
-	if (copy_from_user(data, buf, count)) {
-		err = -EFAULT;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (copy_from_user(data, buf, count))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	data[count - 1] = 0;	/* Strip trailing '\n' and terminate string */
 
 	if (!strcmp(data, "stop"))
@@ -509,10 +505,7 @@
 	else
 		pr_warning("Unknown command: %s\n", data);
 
-	err = count;
-
-out:
-	return err;
+	return count;
 }
 
 static int pgctrl_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)