diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
index ab8b09a9ef61d62dbd71c0ee14332dde971a7e26..7a2e767762974cf9dc63d03c17a822630f8783ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
@@ -4522,7 +4522,7 @@ static int niu_alloc_channels(struct niu *np)
 
 		err = niu_rbr_fill(np, rp, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto out_err;
 	}
 
 	tx_rings = kcalloc(num_tx_rings, sizeof(struct tx_ring_info),