diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 60dbee457143..f5d74ba1bf8c 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -913,19 +913,18 @@ int create_pipe_files(struct file **res, int flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = get_pipe_inode();
 	struct file *f;
+	int error;
 
 	if (!inode)
 		return -ENFILE;
 
 	if (flags & O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE
-		if (watch_queue_init(inode->i_pipe) < 0) {
+		error = watch_queue_init(inode->i_pipe);
+		if (error) {
+			free_pipe_info(inode->i_pipe);
 			iput(inode);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			return error;
 		}
-#else
-		return -ENOPKG;
-#endif
 	}
 
 	f = alloc_file_pseudo(inode, pipe_mnt, "",
diff --git a/include/linux/watch_queue.h b/include/linux/watch_queue.h
index 5e08db2adc31..c994d1b2cdba 100644
--- a/include/linux/watch_queue.h
+++ b/include/linux/watch_queue.h
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ static inline void remove_watch_list(struct watch_list *wlist, u64 id)
  */
 #define watch_sizeof(STRUCT) (sizeof(STRUCT) << WATCH_INFO_LENGTH__SHIFT)
 
+#else
+static inline int watch_queue_init(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
+{
+	return -ENOPKG;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_WATCH_QUEUE_H */