diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index 4bdc19fb7b854f6021d7a4b07a493607c888cdd6..2d7f76e52c379cf04b7f820c610c171e491d4830 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -3370,7 +3370,7 @@ static int ocfs2_merge_rec_right(struct ocfs2_path *left_path,
 		ret = ocfs2_get_right_path(et, left_path, &right_path);
 		if (ret) {
 			mlog_errno(ret);
-			goto out;
+			return ret;
 		}
 
 		right_el = path_leaf_el(right_path);