diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 086e172d0d3d..30eab4f063cd 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -711,8 +711,10 @@ static struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *oldf, int *errorp)
 	old_fds = old_fdt->fd;
 	new_fds = new_fdt->fd;
 
-	memcpy(new_fdt->open_fds->fds_bits, old_fdt->open_fds->fds_bits, open_files/8);
-	memcpy(new_fdt->close_on_exec->fds_bits, old_fdt->close_on_exec->fds_bits, open_files/8);
+	memcpy(new_fdt->open_fds->fds_bits,
+		old_fdt->open_fds->fds_bits, open_files/8);
+	memcpy(new_fdt->close_on_exec->fds_bits,
+		old_fdt->close_on_exec->fds_bits, open_files/8);
 
 	for (i = open_files; i != 0; i--) {
 		struct file *f = *old_fds++;
@@ -745,14 +747,11 @@ static struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *oldf, int *errorp)
 		memset(&new_fdt->close_on_exec->fds_bits[start], 0, left);
 	}
 
-out:
 	return newf;
 
 out_release:
-	free_fdset (new_fdt->close_on_exec, new_fdt->max_fdset);
-	free_fdset (new_fdt->open_fds, new_fdt->max_fdset);
-	free_fd_array(new_fdt->fd, new_fdt->max_fds);
 	kmem_cache_free(files_cachep, newf);
+out:
 	return NULL;
 }