diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c
index dd2cc03f406f9a0e1f844473ca92c5560eca6c67..86903d3f5a033d215b3857f979fcea2cb68a3de6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu_host.c
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ static inline int kvmppc_e500_shadow_map(struct kvmppc_vcpu_e500 *vcpu_e500,
 		if (printk_ratelimit())
 			pr_err("%s: pte not present: gfn %lx, pfn %lx\n",
 				__func__, (long)gfn, pfn);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	kvmppc_e500_ref_setup(ref, gtlbe, pfn, wimg);