diff --git a/daemon/admin_server.c b/daemon/admin_server.c
index 2fc467539cd8260f59a10f0de7bf308c18aa30bf..41f6e827360498a13e65f1c5bf054bad92567126 100644
--- a/daemon/admin_server.c
+++ b/daemon/admin_server.c
@@ -191,14 +191,13 @@ adminServerListClients(virNetServerPtr srv,
     virCheckFlags(0, -1);
 
     if ((ret = virNetServerGetClients(srv, &clts)) < 0)
-        goto cleanup;
+        return -1;
 
     if (clients) {
         *clients = clts;
         clts = NULL;
     }
 
- cleanup:
     virObjectListFreeCount(clts, ret);
     return ret;
 }