diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 4491afc0e9759123a3637f9a8e5c4db470173049..a5b28d534fa7ba0e01612fd01a72d9cc0fd35dbf 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (unlikely(!tun_info ||
 			     !(tun_info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX) ||
 			     ip_tunnel_info_af(tun_info) != AF_INET6))
-			return -EINVAL;
+			goto tx_err;
 
 		key = &tun_info->key;
 		memset(&fl6, 0, sizeof(fl6));