diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 8ef06330fc66..de6f8e511c14 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -784,57 +784,45 @@ static struct mddev *mddev_find(dev_t unit)
 
 static struct mddev *mddev_find_or_alloc(dev_t unit)
 {
-	struct mddev *mddev, *new = NULL;
+	struct mddev *mddev = NULL, *new;
 
 	if (unit && MAJOR(unit) != MD_MAJOR)
-		unit &= ~((1<<MdpMinorShift)-1);
-
- retry:
-	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
-
-	if (unit) {
-		mddev = mddev_find_locked(unit);
-		if (mddev) {
-			mddev_get(mddev);
-			spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
-			kfree(new);
-			return mddev;
-		}
-
-		if (new) {
-			list_add(&new->all_mddevs, &all_mddevs);
-			spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
-			new->hold_active = UNTIL_IOCTL;
-			return new;
-		}
-	} else if (new) {
-		new->unit = mddev_alloc_unit();
-		if (!new->unit) {
-			spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
-			kfree(new);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		new->md_minor = MINOR(new->unit);
-		new->hold_active = UNTIL_STOP;
-		list_add(&new->all_mddevs, &all_mddevs);
-		spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
-		return new;
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
+		unit &= ~((1 << MdpMinorShift) - 1);
 
 	new = kzalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new)
 		return NULL;
-
-	new->unit = unit;
-	if (MAJOR(unit) == MD_MAJOR)
-		new->md_minor = MINOR(unit);
-	else
-		new->md_minor = MINOR(unit) >> MdpMinorShift;
-
 	mddev_init(new);
 
-	goto retry;
+	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
+	if (unit) {
+		mddev = mddev_find_locked(unit);
+		if (mddev) {
+			mddev_get(mddev);
+			goto out_free_new;
+		}
+
+		new->unit = unit;
+		if (MAJOR(unit) == MD_MAJOR)
+			new->md_minor = MINOR(unit);
+		else
+			new->md_minor = MINOR(unit) >> MdpMinorShift;
+		new->hold_active = UNTIL_IOCTL;
+	} else {
+		new->unit = mddev_alloc_unit();
+		if (!new->unit)
+			goto out_free_new;
+		new->md_minor = MINOR(new->unit);
+		new->hold_active = UNTIL_STOP;
+	}
+
+	list_add(&new->all_mddevs, &all_mddevs);
+	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
+	return new;
+out_free_new:
+	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
+	kfree(new);
+	return mddev;
 }
 
 static struct attribute_group md_redundancy_group;