diff --git a/include/linux/delayacct.h b/include/linux/delayacct.h
index 7e8b601..8a284cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/delayacct.h
+++ b/include/linux/delayacct.h
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ static inline void delayacct_blkio_end(void)
 static inline int delayacct_add_tsk(struct taskstats *d,
 					struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	if (likely(!delayacct_on))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!tsk->delays)
+	if (likely(!delayacct_on) || !tsk->delays)
 		return 0;
 	return __delayacct_add_tsk(d, tsk);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index f45179c..b4c737a 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static int send_cpu_listeners(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int cpu)
 static int fill_pid(pid_t pid, struct task_struct *pidtsk,
 		struct taskstats *stats)
 {
-	int rc;
+	int rc = 0;
 	struct task_struct *tsk = pidtsk;
 
 	if (!pidtsk) {
@@ -196,12 +196,10 @@ static int fill_pid(pid_t pid, struct task_struct *pidtsk,
 	 * Each accounting subsystem adds calls to its functions to
 	 * fill in relevant parts of struct taskstsats as follows
 	 *
-	 *	rc = per-task-foo(stats, tsk);
-	 *	if (rc)
-	 *		goto err;
+	 *	per-task-foo(stats, tsk);
 	 */
 
-	rc = delayacct_add_tsk(stats, tsk);
+	delayacct_add_tsk(stats, tsk);
 	stats->version = TASKSTATS_VERSION;
 
 	/* Define err: label here if needed */