diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 2d39a84cd857..b04ae0390df3 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -2015,7 +2015,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 				break;
 			}
 			me->pdeath_signal = arg2;
-			error = 0;
 			break;
 		case PR_GET_PDEATHSIG:
 			error = put_user(me->pdeath_signal, (int __user *)arg2);
@@ -2029,7 +2028,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 				break;
 			}
 			set_dumpable(me->mm, arg2);
-			error = 0;
 			break;
 
 		case PR_SET_UNALIGN:
@@ -2056,10 +2054,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 		case PR_SET_TIMING:
 			if (arg2 != PR_TIMING_STATISTICAL)
 				error = -EINVAL;
-			else
-				error = 0;
 			break;
-
 		case PR_SET_NAME:
 			comm[sizeof(me->comm)-1] = 0;
 			if (strncpy_from_user(comm, (char __user *)arg2,
@@ -2067,20 +2062,19 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 				return -EFAULT;
 			set_task_comm(me, comm);
 			proc_comm_connector(me);
-			return 0;
+			break;
 		case PR_GET_NAME:
 			get_task_comm(comm, me);
 			if (copy_to_user((char __user *)arg2, comm,
 					 sizeof(comm)))
 				return -EFAULT;
-			return 0;
+			break;
 		case PR_GET_ENDIAN:
 			error = GET_ENDIAN(me, arg2);
 			break;
 		case PR_SET_ENDIAN:
 			error = SET_ENDIAN(me, arg2);
 			break;
-
 		case PR_GET_SECCOMP:
 			error = prctl_get_seccomp();
 			break;
@@ -2108,7 +2102,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 					current->default_timer_slack_ns;
 			else
 				current->timer_slack_ns = arg2;
-			error = 0;
 			break;
 		case PR_MCE_KILL:
 			if (arg4 | arg5)
@@ -2134,7 +2127,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 			default:
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
-			error = 0;
 			break;
 		case PR_MCE_KILL_GET:
 			if (arg2 | arg3 | arg4 | arg5)
@@ -2153,7 +2145,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 			break;
 		case PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER:
 			me->signal->is_child_subreaper = !!arg2;
-			error = 0;
 			break;
 		case PR_GET_CHILD_SUBREAPER:
 			error = put_user(me->signal->is_child_subreaper,