diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index f42be06..977ef20 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@
  *                    anonymous inode, and a dentry that describe the "class"
  *                    of the file
  *
- * @pfd:     [out]   pointer to the file descriptor
- * @dpinode: [out]   pointer to the inode
- * @pfile:   [out]   pointer to the file struct
  * @name:    [in]    name of the "class" of the new file
  * @fops     [in]    file operations for the new file
  * @priv     [in]    private data for the new file (will be file's private_data)
@@ -68,10 +65,9 @@
  * that do not need to have a full-fledged inode in order to operate correctly.
  * All the files created with anon_inode_getfd() will share a single inode,
  * hence saving memory and avoiding code duplication for the file/inode/dentry
- * setup.
+ * setup.  Returns new descriptor or -error.
  */
-int anon_inode_getfd(int *pfd, struct inode **pinode, struct file **pfile,
-		     const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
+int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
 		     void *priv)
 {
 	struct qstr this;
@@ -125,10 +121,7 @@
 
 	fd_install(fd, file);
 
-	*pfd = fd;
-	*pinode = anon_inode_inode;
-	*pfile = file;
-	return 0;
+	return fd;
 
 err_dput:
 	dput(dentry);
diff --git a/fs/eventfd.c b/fs/eventfd.c
index a9f130c..343942d 100644
--- a/fs/eventfd.c
+++ b/fs/eventfd.c
@@ -200,10 +200,8 @@
 
 asmlinkage long sys_eventfd(unsigned int count)
 {
-	int error, fd;
+	int fd;
 	struct eventfd_ctx *ctx;
-	struct file *file;
-	struct inode *inode;
 
 	ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctx)
@@ -216,12 +214,9 @@
 	 * When we call this, the initialization must be complete, since
 	 * anon_inode_getfd() will install the fd.
 	 */
-	error = anon_inode_getfd(&fd, &inode, &file, "[eventfd]",
-				 &eventfd_fops, ctx);
-	if (!error)
-		return fd;
-
-	kfree(ctx);
-	return error;
+	fd = anon_inode_getfd("[eventfd]", &eventfd_fops, ctx);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		kfree(ctx);
+	return fd;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 221086f..990c01d 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1050,8 +1050,6 @@
 {
 	int error, fd = -1;
 	struct eventpoll *ep;
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct file *file;
 
 	DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: sys_epoll_create(%d)\n",
 		     current, size));
@@ -1061,29 +1059,24 @@
 	 * structure ( "struct eventpoll" ).
 	 */
 	error = -EINVAL;
-	if (size <= 0 || (error = ep_alloc(&ep)) != 0)
+	if (size <= 0 || (error = ep_alloc(&ep)) < 0) {
+		fd = error;
 		goto error_return;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Creates all the items needed to setup an eventpoll file. That is,
-	 * a file structure, and inode and a free file descriptor.
+	 * a file structure and a free file descriptor.
 	 */
-	error = anon_inode_getfd(&fd, &inode, &file, "[eventpoll]",
-				 &eventpoll_fops, ep);
-	if (error)
-		goto error_free;
+	fd = anon_inode_getfd("[eventpoll]", &eventpoll_fops, ep);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		ep_free(ep);
 
+error_return:
 	DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: sys_epoll_create(%d) = %d\n",
 		     current, size, fd));
 
 	return fd;
-
-error_free:
-	ep_free(ep);
-error_return:
-	DNPRINTK(3, (KERN_INFO "[%p] eventpoll: sys_epoll_create(%d) = %d\n",
-		     current, size, error));
-	return error;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/signalfd.c b/fs/signalfd.c
index 8ead0db..6197256 100644
--- a/fs/signalfd.c
+++ b/fs/signalfd.c
@@ -207,11 +207,8 @@
 
 asmlinkage long sys_signalfd(int ufd, sigset_t __user *user_mask, size_t sizemask)
 {
-	int error;
 	sigset_t sigmask;
 	struct signalfd_ctx *ctx;
-	struct file *file;
-	struct inode *inode;
 
 	if (sizemask != sizeof(sigset_t) ||
 	    copy_from_user(&sigmask, user_mask, sizeof(sigmask)))
@@ -230,12 +227,11 @@
 		 * When we call this, the initialization must be complete, since
 		 * anon_inode_getfd() will install the fd.
 		 */
-		error = anon_inode_getfd(&ufd, &inode, &file, "[signalfd]",
-					 &signalfd_fops, ctx);
-		if (error)
-			goto err_fdalloc;
+		ufd = anon_inode_getfd("[signalfd]", &signalfd_fops, ctx);
+		if (ufd < 0)
+			kfree(ctx);
 	} else {
-		file = fget(ufd);
+		struct file *file = fget(ufd);
 		if (!file)
 			return -EBADF;
 		ctx = file->private_data;
@@ -252,9 +248,4 @@
 	}
 
 	return ufd;
-
-err_fdalloc:
-	kfree(ctx);
-	return error;
 }
-
diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c
index 5400524..d87d354 100644
--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -181,10 +181,8 @@
 
 asmlinkage long sys_timerfd_create(int clockid, int flags)
 {
-	int error, ufd;
+	int ufd;
 	struct timerfd_ctx *ctx;
-	struct file *file;
-	struct inode *inode;
 
 	if (flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -200,12 +198,9 @@
 	ctx->clockid = clockid;
 	hrtimer_init(&ctx->tmr, clockid, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 
-	error = anon_inode_getfd(&ufd, &inode, &file, "[timerfd]",
-				 &timerfd_fops, ctx);
-	if (error) {
+	ufd = anon_inode_getfd("[timerfd]", &timerfd_fops, ctx);
+	if (ufd < 0)
 		kfree(ctx);
-		return error;
-	}
 
 	return ufd;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/anon_inodes.h b/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
index b2e1ba3..6129e58 100644
--- a/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
+++ b/include/linux/anon_inodes.h
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_ANON_INODES_H
 #define _LINUX_ANON_INODES_H
 
-int anon_inode_getfd(int *pfd, struct inode **pinode, struct file **pfile,
-		     const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
+int anon_inode_getfd(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops,
 		     void *priv);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_ANON_INODES_H */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index c82cf15..e89338e 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -834,16 +834,9 @@
  */
 static int create_vcpu_fd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	int fd, r;
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct file *file;
-
-	r = anon_inode_getfd(&fd, &inode, &file,
-			     "kvm-vcpu", &kvm_vcpu_fops, vcpu);
-	if (r) {
+	int fd = anon_inode_getfd("kvm-vcpu", &kvm_vcpu_fops, vcpu);
+	if (fd < 0)
 		kvm_put_kvm(vcpu->kvm);
-		return r;
-	}
 	return fd;
 }
 
@@ -1168,19 +1161,15 @@
 
 static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(void)
 {
-	int fd, r;
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct file *file;
+	int fd;
 	struct kvm *kvm;
 
 	kvm = kvm_create_vm();
 	if (IS_ERR(kvm))
 		return PTR_ERR(kvm);
-	r = anon_inode_getfd(&fd, &inode, &file, "kvm-vm", &kvm_vm_fops, kvm);
-	if (r) {
+	fd = anon_inode_getfd("kvm-vm", &kvm_vm_fops, kvm);
+	if (fd < 0)
 		kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
-		return r;
-	}
 
 	return fd;
 }