diff --git a/src/error.jl b/src/error.jl
index f6423d1..bc5c4c1 100644
--- a/src/error.jl
+++ b/src/error.jl
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ Base.showerror(io::IO, err::CUDSSError) =
 
 name(err::CUDSSError) = string(err.code)
 
-## COV_EXCL_START
-function description(err)
+function description(err::CUDSSError)
     if err.code == CUDSS_STATUS_SUCCESS
         return "the operation completed successfully"
     elseif err.code == CUDSS_STATUS_NOT_INITIALIZED
@@ -43,14 +42,13 @@ end
     end
 end
 
-function check(f, errs...)
-    res = retry_reclaim(in((CUDSS_STATUS_ALLOC_FAILED, errs...))) do
-        return f()
-    end
+@inline function check(f)
+    retry_if(res) = res in (CUDSS_STATUS_NOT_INITIALIZED,
+                            CUDSS_STATUS_ALLOC_FAILED,
+                            CUDSS_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR)
+    res = retry_reclaim(f, retry_if)
 
     if res != CUDSS_STATUS_SUCCESS
         throw_api_error(res)
     end
-
-    return
 end
diff --git a/src/management.jl b/src/management.jl
index 671d794..375a5ac 100644
--- a/src/management.jl
+++ b/src/management.jl
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 function cudssCreate()
     handle = Ref{cudssHandle_t}()
-    check(CUDSS_STATUS_NOT_INITIALIZED) do
-        unsafe_cudssCreate(handle)
-    end
+    cudssCreate(handle)
     handle[]
 end