diff --git a/net/ipv6/anycast.c b/net/ipv6/anycast.c
index 5810852..f915c4d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/anycast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/anycast.c
@@ -549,24 +549,8 @@
 
 static int ac6_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	struct seq_file *seq;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
-	struct ac6_iter_state *s = kzalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!s)
-		goto out;
-
-	rc = seq_open(file, &ac6_seq_ops);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_kfree;
-
-	seq = file->private_data;
-	seq->private = s;
-out:
-	return rc;
-out_kfree:
-	kfree(s);
-	goto out;
+	return seq_open_private(file, &ac6_seq_ops,
+			sizeof(struct ac6_iter_state));
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations ac6_seq_fops = {