diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index 0af7f54e4f617f04c7dbab24e09a6b53fc4c9dd2..af648e08e61b7f279dd99b8e87797148d746dd2a 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -780,8 +780,10 @@ static int ioctl_standard_iw_point(struct iw_point *iwp, unsigned int cmd,
 		if (cmd == SIOCSIWENCODEEXT) {
 			struct iw_encode_ext *ee = (void *) extra;
 
-			if (iwp->length < sizeof(*ee) + ee->key_len)
-				return -EFAULT;
+			if (iwp->length < sizeof(*ee) + ee->key_len) {
+				err = -EFAULT;
+				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 	}