diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index f88304e05188..38d96b7042ac 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -420,12 +420,11 @@ static inline void ep_set_busy_poll_napi_id(struct epitem *epi)
 	unsigned int napi_id;
 	struct socket *sock;
 	struct sock *sk;
-	int err;
 
 	if (!net_busy_loop_on())
 		return;
 
-	sock = sock_from_file(epi->ffd.file, &err);
+	sock = sock_from_file(epi->ffd.file);
 	if (!sock)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
index ed648c7367bf..d58a8001e32e 100644
--- a/include/linux/net.h
+++ b/include/linux/net.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ int sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg);
 int sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, int flags);
 struct file *sock_alloc_file(struct socket *sock, int flags, const char *dname);
 struct socket *sockfd_lookup(int fd, int *err);
-struct socket *sock_from_file(struct file *file, int *err);
+struct socket *sock_from_file(struct file *file);
 #define		     sockfd_put(sock) fput(sock->file)
 int net_ratelimit(void);
 
diff --git a/net/core/netclassid_cgroup.c b/net/core/netclassid_cgroup.c
index 668330ace961..7cee2b12f591 100644
--- a/net/core/netclassid_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/core/netclassid_cgroup.c
@@ -72,9 +72,8 @@ struct update_classid_context {
 
 static int update_classid_sock(const void *v, struct file *file, unsigned n)
 {
-	int err;
 	struct update_classid_context *ctx = (void *)v;
-	struct socket *sock = sock_from_file(file, &err);
+	struct socket *sock = sock_from_file(file);
 
 	if (sock) {
 		spin_lock(&cgroup_sk_update_lock);
diff --git a/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c b/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
index 7b19294a72ed..68f7a0e88a21 100644
--- a/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
+++ b/net/core/netprio_cgroup.c
@@ -224,8 +224,7 @@ static ssize_t write_priomap(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 
 static int update_netprio(const void *v, struct file *file, unsigned n)
 {
-	int err;
-	struct socket *sock = sock_from_file(file, &err);
+	struct socket *sock = sock_from_file(file);
 	if (sock) {
 		spin_lock(&cgroup_sk_update_lock);
 		sock_cgroup_set_prioidx(&sock->sk->sk_cgrp_data,
diff --git a/net/core/scm.c b/net/core/scm.c
index b1ff8a441748..27f1895c880d 100644
--- a/net/core/scm.c
+++ b/net/core/scm.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void scm_detach_fds(struct msghdr *msg, struct scm_cookie *scm)
 			break;
 		}
 		/* Bump the usage count and install the file. */
-		sock = sock_from_file(fp[i], &err);
+		sock = sock_from_file(fp[i]);
 		if (sock) {
 			sock_update_netprioidx(&sock->sk->sk_cgrp_data);
 			sock_update_classid(&sock->sk->sk_cgrp_data);
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index f327f8be5a56..389322ecf6be 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2725,14 +2725,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_no_mmap);
 void __receive_sock(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct socket *sock;
-	int error;
 
-	/*
-	 * The resulting value of "error" is ignored here since we only
-	 * need to take action when the file is a socket and testing
-	 * "sock" for NULL is sufficient.
-	 */
-	sock = sock_from_file(file, &error);
+	sock = sock_from_file(file);
 	if (sock) {
 		sock_update_netprioidx(&sock->sk->sk_cgrp_data);
 		sock_update_classid(&sock->sk->sk_cgrp_data);
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 832bd87be625..8eb667a5733d 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -461,17 +461,15 @@ static int sock_map_fd(struct socket *sock, int flags)
 /**
  *	sock_from_file - Return the &socket bounded to @file.
  *	@file: file
- *	@err: pointer to an error code return
  *
- *	On failure returns %NULL and assigns -ENOTSOCK to @err.
+ *	On failure returns %NULL.
  */
 
-struct socket *sock_from_file(struct file *file, int *err)
+struct socket *sock_from_file(struct file *file)
 {
 	if (file->f_op == &socket_file_ops)
 		return file->private_data;	/* set in sock_map_fd */
 
-	*err = -ENOTSOCK;
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_from_file);
@@ -500,9 +498,11 @@ struct socket *sockfd_lookup(int fd, int *err)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	sock = sock_from_file(file, err);
-	if (!sock)
+	sock = sock_from_file(file);
+	if (!sock) {
+		*err = -ENOTSOCK;
 		fput(file);
+	}
 	return sock;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sockfd_lookup);
@@ -514,11 +514,12 @@ static struct socket *sockfd_lookup_light(int fd, int *err, int *fput_needed)
 
 	*err = -EBADF;
 	if (f.file) {
-		sock = sock_from_file(f.file, err);
+		sock = sock_from_file(f.file);
 		if (likely(sock)) {
 			*fput_needed = f.flags & FDPUT_FPUT;
 			return sock;
 		}
+		*err = -ENOTSOCK;
 		fdput(f);
 	}
 	return NULL;