diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
index 8a8fa633db1553442a6d27a69c49f4401bf4a9af..879b1bf40f456306bb67791e6139dba697884a28 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_migration.c
@@ -1147,6 +1147,7 @@ qemuMigrationCookieXMLParse(qemuMigrationCookiePtr mig,
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                        _("Incoming cookie data had unexpected UUID %s vs %s"),
                        tmp, uuidstr);
+        goto error;
     }
     VIR_FREE(tmp);