diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.c b/src/util/vircgroup.c
index 8b554a98d2b121c959abee14c133034fd9eff330..a64f08108e04ad04b39cb2bd5f5ecd0862dc0946 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroup.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.c
@@ -3757,7 +3757,7 @@ virCgroupIsolateMount(virCgroupPtr group, const char *oldroot,
                                      _("Unable to symlink directory %s to %s"),
                                      group->controllers[i].mountPoint,
                                      group->controllers[i].linkPoint);
-                return -1;
+                goto cleanup;
             }
         }
     }