diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_cmd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_cmd.c
index dbed0606771f1a9a0e6089948bf394ec9213c613..efd94f2c3168949c3bdc554b3df5c13e778569df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_cmd.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ int wl1271_cmd_data_path(struct wl1271 *wl, bool enable)
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		wl1271_error("tx %s cmd for channel %d failed",
 			     enable ? "start" : "stop", cmd->channel);
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	wl1271_debug(DEBUG_BOOT, "tx %s cmd channel %d",