diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 7738154..237f14b 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -381,15 +381,16 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static u32 cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, u32 newval)
+static int cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(u32 *curval, u32 __user *uaddr,
+				      u32 uval, u32 newval)
 {
-	u32 curval;
+	int ret;
 
 	pagefault_disable();
-	curval = futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(uaddr, uval, newval);
+	ret = futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(curval, uaddr, uval, newval);
 	pagefault_enable();
 
-	return curval;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int get_futex_value_locked(u32 *dest, u32 __user *from)
@@ -688,9 +689,7 @@
 	if (set_waiters)
 		newval |= FUTEX_WAITERS;
 
-	curval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(uaddr, 0, newval);
-
-	if (unlikely(curval == -EFAULT))
+	if (unlikely(cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(&curval, uaddr, 0, newval)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/*
@@ -728,9 +727,7 @@
 		lock_taken = 1;
 	}
 
-	curval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(uaddr, uval, newval);
-
-	if (unlikely(curval == -EFAULT))
+	if (unlikely(cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(&curval, uaddr, uval, newval)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	if (unlikely(curval != uval))
 		goto retry;
@@ -843,9 +840,7 @@
 
 		newval = FUTEX_WAITERS | task_pid_vnr(new_owner);
 
-		curval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(uaddr, uval, newval);
-
-		if (curval == -EFAULT)
+		if (cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(&curval, uaddr, uval, newval))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 		else if (curval != uval)
 			ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -880,10 +875,8 @@
 	 * There is no waiter, so we unlock the futex. The owner died
 	 * bit has not to be preserved here. We are the owner:
 	 */
-	oldval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(uaddr, uval, 0);
-
-	if (oldval == -EFAULT)
-		return oldval;
+	if (cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(&oldval, uaddr, uval, 0))
+		return -EFAULT;
 	if (oldval != uval)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 
@@ -1578,9 +1571,7 @@
 	while (1) {
 		newval = (uval & FUTEX_OWNER_DIED) | newtid;
 
-		curval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(uaddr, uval, newval);
-
-		if (curval == -EFAULT)
+		if (cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(&curval, uaddr, uval, newval))
 			goto handle_fault;
 		if (curval == uval)
 			break;
@@ -2073,11 +2064,8 @@
 	 * again. If it succeeds then we can return without waking
 	 * anyone else up:
 	 */
-	if (!(uval & FUTEX_OWNER_DIED))
-		uval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(uaddr, vpid, 0);
-
-
-	if (unlikely(uval == -EFAULT))
+	if (!(uval & FUTEX_OWNER_DIED) &&
+	    cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(&uval, uaddr, vpid, 0))
 		goto pi_faulted;
 	/*
 	 * Rare case: we managed to release the lock atomically,
@@ -2464,9 +2452,7 @@
 		 * userspace.
 		 */
 		mval = (uval & FUTEX_WAITERS) | FUTEX_OWNER_DIED;
-		nval = futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(uaddr, uval, mval);
-
-		if (nval == -EFAULT)
+		if (futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(&nval, uaddr, uval, mval))
 			return -1;
 
 		if (nval != uval)
@@ -2679,8 +2665,7 @@
 	 * implementation, the non-functional ones will return
 	 * -ENOSYS.
 	 */
-	curval = cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(NULL, 0, 0);
-	if (curval == -EFAULT)
+	if (cmpxchg_futex_value_locked(&curval, NULL, 0, 0) == -EFAULT)
 		futex_cmpxchg_enabled = 1;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(futex_queues); i++) {