diff --git a/net/tipc/udp_media.c b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
index dd274687a53d4b8c1458863151afea68515c9a69..d80cd3f7503f26b9fc3f6171c125152ac332115b 100644
--- a/net/tipc/udp_media.c
+++ b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
@@ -665,7 +665,8 @@ static int tipc_udp_enable(struct net *net, struct tipc_bearer *b,
 
 	if (!opts[TIPC_NLA_UDP_LOCAL] || !opts[TIPC_NLA_UDP_REMOTE]) {
 		pr_err("Invalid UDP bearer configuration");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err;
 	}
 
 	err = tipc_parse_udp_addr(opts[TIPC_NLA_UDP_LOCAL], &local,