diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c
index 4ae4a89fe80f..b271895d4395 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdecho/echo_client.c
@@ -668,8 +668,7 @@ static struct lu_device *echo_device_alloc(const struct lu_env *env,
 	struct obd_device  *obd = NULL; /* to keep compiler happy */
 	struct obd_device  *tgt;
 	const char *tgt_type_name;
-	int rc;
-	int cleanup = 0;
+	int rc, err;
 
 	ed = kzalloc(sizeof(*ed), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ed) {
@@ -677,16 +676,14 @@ static struct lu_device *echo_device_alloc(const struct lu_env *env,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	cleanup = 1;
 	cd = &ed->ed_cl;
 	rc = cl_device_init(cd, t);
 	if (rc)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	cd->cd_lu_dev.ld_ops = &echo_device_lu_ops;
 	cd->cd_ops = &echo_device_cl_ops;
 
-	cleanup = 2;
 	obd = class_name2obd(lustre_cfg_string(cfg, 0));
 	LASSERT(obd);
 	LASSERT(env);
@@ -696,28 +693,25 @@ static struct lu_device *echo_device_alloc(const struct lu_env *env,
 		CERROR("Can not find tgt device %s\n",
 		       lustre_cfg_string(cfg, 1));
 		rc = -ENODEV;
-		goto out;
+		goto out_device_fini;
 	}
 
 	next = tgt->obd_lu_dev;
 	if (!strcmp(tgt->obd_type->typ_name, LUSTRE_MDT_NAME)) {
 		CERROR("echo MDT client must be run on server\n");
 		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto out;
+		goto out_device_fini;
 	}
 
 	rc = echo_site_init(env, ed);
 	if (rc)
-		goto out;
-
-	cleanup = 3;
+		goto out_device_fini;
 
 	rc = echo_client_setup(env, obd, cfg);
 	if (rc)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_site_fini;
 
 	ed->ed_ec = &obd->u.echo_client;
-	cleanup = 4;
 
 	/* if echo client is to be stacked upon ost device, the next is
 	 * NULL since ost is not a clio device so far
@@ -729,7 +723,7 @@ static struct lu_device *echo_device_alloc(const struct lu_env *env,
 	if (next) {
 		if (next->ld_site) {
 			rc = -EBUSY;
-			goto out;
+			goto out_cleanup;
 		}
 
 		next->ld_site = &ed->ed_site->cs_lu;
@@ -737,7 +731,7 @@ static struct lu_device *echo_device_alloc(const struct lu_env *env,
 						next->ld_type->ldt_name,
 							      NULL);
 		if (rc)
-			goto out;
+			goto out_cleanup;
 
 	} else {
 		LASSERT(strcmp(tgt_type_name, LUSTRE_OST_NAME) == 0);
@@ -745,27 +739,19 @@ static struct lu_device *echo_device_alloc(const struct lu_env *env,
 
 	ed->ed_next = next;
 	return &cd->cd_lu_dev;
+
+out_cleanup:
+	err = echo_client_cleanup(obd);
+	if (err)
+		CERROR("Cleanup obd device %s error(%d)\n",
+		       obd->obd_name, err);
+out_site_fini:
+	echo_site_fini(env, ed);
+out_device_fini:
+	cl_device_fini(&ed->ed_cl);
+out_free:
+	kfree(ed);
 out:
-	switch (cleanup) {
-	case 4: {
-		int rc2;
-
-		rc2 = echo_client_cleanup(obd);
-		if (rc2)
-			CERROR("Cleanup obd device %s error(%d)\n",
-			       obd->obd_name, rc2);
-	}
-
-	case 3:
-		echo_site_fini(env, ed);
-	case 2:
-		cl_device_fini(&ed->ed_cl);
-	case 1:
-		kfree(ed);
-	case 0:
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
 	return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }