diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index db0fad3269c0..b4b6ab9873ae 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error attempting to initialize "
 			"the lower file for the dentry with name "
-			"[%s]; rc = [%d]\n", __func__,
-			ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.name, rc);
+			"[%pd]; rc = [%d]\n", __func__,
+			ecryptfs_dentry, rc);
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 	if ((ecryptfs_inode_to_private(inode)->lower_file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE)
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index d4a9431ec73c..1686dc2da9fd 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ static void unlock_dir(struct dentry *dir)
 
 static int ecryptfs_inode_test(struct inode *inode, void *lower_inode)
 {
-	if (ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode) == (struct inode *)lower_inode)
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
+	return ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(inode) == lower_inode;
 }
 
 static int ecryptfs_inode_set(struct inode *inode, void *opaque)
@@ -192,12 +190,6 @@ ecryptfs_do_create(struct inode *directory_inode,
 
 	lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(ecryptfs_dentry);
 	lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry);
-	if (IS_ERR(lower_dir_dentry)) {
-		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Error locking directory of "
-				"dentry\n");
-		inode = ERR_CAST(lower_dir_dentry);
-		goto out;
-	}
 	rc = vfs_create(lower_dir_dentry->d_inode, lower_dentry, mode, true);
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Failure to create dentry in lower fs; "
@@ -215,7 +207,6 @@ ecryptfs_do_create(struct inode *directory_inode,
 	fsstack_copy_inode_size(directory_inode, lower_dir_dentry->d_inode);
 out_lock:
 	unlock_dir(lower_dir_dentry);
-out:
 	return inode;
 }
 
@@ -250,8 +241,8 @@ int ecryptfs_initialize_file(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error attempting to initialize "
 			"the lower file for the dentry with name "
-			"[%s]; rc = [%d]\n", __func__,
-			ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.name, rc);
+			"[%pd]; rc = [%d]\n", __func__,
+			ecryptfs_dentry, rc);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	rc = ecryptfs_write_metadata(ecryptfs_dentry, ecryptfs_inode);
@@ -313,8 +304,8 @@ static int ecryptfs_i_size_read(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	if (rc) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error attempting to initialize "
 			"the lower file for the dentry with name "
-			"[%s]; rc = [%d]\n", __func__,
-			dentry->d_name.name, rc);
+			"[%pd]; rc = [%d]\n", __func__,
+			dentry, rc);
 		return rc;
 	}
 
@@ -418,8 +409,8 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_lookup(struct inode *ecryptfs_dir_inode,
 	if (IS_ERR(lower_dentry)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(lower_dentry);
 		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "%s: lookup_one_len() returned "
-				"[%d] on lower_dentry = [%s]\n", __func__, rc,
-				ecryptfs_dentry->d_name.name);
+				"[%d] on lower_dentry = [%pd]\n", __func__, rc,
+				ecryptfs_dentry);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (lower_dentry->d_inode)
@@ -1039,7 +1030,7 @@ ecryptfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 	}
 
 	rc = vfs_setxattr(lower_dentry, name, value, size, flags);
-	if (!rc)
+	if (!rc && dentry->d_inode)
 		fsstack_copy_attr_all(dentry->d_inode, lower_dentry->d_inode);
 out:
 	return rc;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
index 4725a07f003c..635e8e16a5b7 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/key.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
@@ -1846,7 +1845,6 @@ int ecryptfs_parse_packet_set(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
 					"(Tag 11 not allowed by itself)\n");
 			rc = -EIO;
 			goto out_wipe_list;
-			break;
 		default:
 			ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "No packet at offset [%zd] "
 					"of the file header; hex value of "
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
index e57380e5f6bd..286f10b0363b 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
@@ -434,8 +434,7 @@ void ecryptfs_release_messaging(void)
 		mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
 		for (i = 0; i < ecryptfs_message_buf_len; i++) {
 			mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].mux);
-			if (ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].msg)
-				kfree(ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].msg);
+			kfree(ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].msg);
 			mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr[i].mux);
 		}
 		kfree(ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr);