diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 3cb3994f91b0475e7c05518107c09554174eb7a9..64dd637af7db7804e45064a56355a2268ba420a7 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -2465,10 +2465,8 @@ static int bpf_object__init_maps(struct bpf_object *obj,
 	err = err ?: bpf_object__init_global_data_maps(obj);
 	err = err ?: bpf_object__init_kconfig_map(obj);
 	err = err ?: bpf_object__init_struct_ops_maps(obj);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
 
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static bool section_have_execinstr(struct bpf_object *obj, int idx)