diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 5dc521f6e415538889a77d487cc15012c660383e..f0a70e4f1b47806bc4ad300c6dc69d42cdc1cc88 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -4217,7 +4217,6 @@ qemuDomainCheckDiskPresence(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                             virDomainObjPtr vm,
                             bool cold_boot)
 {
-    int ret = -1;
     size_t i;
 
     VIR_DEBUG("Checking for disk presence");
@@ -4244,13 +4243,10 @@ qemuDomainCheckDiskPresence(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         if (qemuDomainCheckDiskStartupPolicy(driver, vm, idx, cold_boot) >= 0)
             continue;
 
-        goto error;
+        return -1;
     }
 
-    ret = 0;
-
- error:
-    return ret;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 /*