diff --git a/security/landlock/syscalls.c b/security/landlock/syscalls.c
index 6593381466e0..28acc4cef3e8 100644
--- a/security/landlock/syscalls.c
+++ b/security/landlock/syscalls.c
@@ -274,6 +274,47 @@ static int get_path_from_fd(const s32 fd, struct path *const path)
 	return err;
 }

+static int add_rule_path_beneath(struct landlock_ruleset *const ruleset,
+				 const void __user *const rule_attr)
+{
+	struct landlock_path_beneath_attr path_beneath_attr;
+	struct path path;
+	int res, err;
+	u32 mask;
+
+	/* Copies raw user space buffer, only one type for now. */
+	res = copy_from_user(&path_beneath_attr, rule_attr,
+			     sizeof(path_beneath_attr));
+	if (res)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	/*
+	 * Informs about useless rule: empty allowed_access (i.e. deny rules)
+	 * are ignored in path walks.
+	 */
+	if (!path_beneath_attr.allowed_access)
+		return -ENOMSG;
+	/*
+	 * Checks that allowed_access matches the @ruleset constraints
+	 * (ruleset->access_masks[0] is automatically upgraded to 64-bits).
+	 */
+	mask = landlock_get_fs_access_mask(ruleset, 0);
+	if ((path_beneath_attr.allowed_access | mask) != mask)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Gets and checks the new rule. */
+	err = get_path_from_fd(path_beneath_attr.parent_fd, &path);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	/* Imports the new rule. */
+	err = landlock_append_fs_rule(ruleset, &path,
+				      path_beneath_attr.allowed_access);
+	path_put(&path);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /**
  * sys_landlock_add_rule - Add a new rule to a ruleset
  *
@@ -292,13 +333,14 @@ static int get_path_from_fd(const s32 fd, struct path *const path)
  *
  * - EOPNOTSUPP: Landlock is supported by the kernel but disabled at boot time;
  * - EINVAL: @flags is not 0, or inconsistent access in the rule (i.e.
- *   &landlock_path_beneath_attr.allowed_access is not a subset of the
- *   ruleset handled accesses);
+ *   &landlock_path_beneath_attr.allowed_access is not a subset of the rule's
+ *   accesses);
  * - ENOMSG: Empty accesses (e.g. &landlock_path_beneath_attr.allowed_access);
  * - EBADF: @ruleset_fd is not a file descriptor for the current thread, or a
  *   member of @rule_attr is not a file descriptor as expected;
  * - EBADFD: @ruleset_fd is not a ruleset file descriptor, or a member of
- *   @rule_attr is not the expected file descriptor type;
+ *   @rule_attr is not the expected file descriptor type (e.g. file open
+ *   without O_PATH);
  * - EPERM: @ruleset_fd has no write access to the underlying ruleset;
  * - EFAULT: @rule_attr inconsistency.
  */
@@ -306,10 +348,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(landlock_add_rule, const int, ruleset_fd,
 		const enum landlock_rule_type, rule_type,
 		const void __user *const, rule_attr, const __u32, flags)
 {
-	struct landlock_path_beneath_attr path_beneath_attr;
-	struct path path;
 	struct landlock_ruleset *ruleset;
-	int res, err;
+	int err;

 	if (!landlock_initialized)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -323,49 +363,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(landlock_add_rule, const int, ruleset_fd,
 	if (IS_ERR(ruleset))
 		return PTR_ERR(ruleset);

-	if (rule_type != LANDLOCK_RULE_PATH_BENEATH) {
+	switch (rule_type) {
+	case LANDLOCK_RULE_PATH_BENEATH:
+		err = add_rule_path_beneath(ruleset, rule_attr);
+		break;
+	default:
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_put_ruleset;
-	}
-
-	/* Copies raw user space buffer, only one type for now. */
-	res = copy_from_user(&path_beneath_attr, rule_attr,
-			     sizeof(path_beneath_attr));
-	if (res) {
-		err = -EFAULT;
-		goto out_put_ruleset;
+		break;
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Informs about useless rule: empty allowed_access (i.e. deny rules)
-	 * are ignored in path walks.
-	 */
-	if (!path_beneath_attr.allowed_access) {
-		err = -ENOMSG;
-		goto out_put_ruleset;
-	}
-	/*
-	 * Checks that allowed_access matches the @ruleset constraints
-	 * (ruleset->access_masks[0] is automatically upgraded to 64-bits).
-	 */
-	if ((path_beneath_attr.allowed_access |
-	     landlock_get_fs_access_mask(ruleset, 0)) !=
-	    landlock_get_fs_access_mask(ruleset, 0)) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_put_ruleset;
-	}
-
-	/* Gets and checks the new rule. */
-	err = get_path_from_fd(path_beneath_attr.parent_fd, &path);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_put_ruleset;
-
-	/* Imports the new rule. */
-	err = landlock_append_fs_rule(ruleset, &path,
-				      path_beneath_attr.allowed_access);
-	path_put(&path);
-
-out_put_ruleset:
 	landlock_put_ruleset(ruleset);
 	return err;
 }
