diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
index 5fcf91d617cd44e66a59559b31636c144307a6ac..6f31fad9be13854731486737b30311c4b4f2e1a2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct nfattr *cda[],
 	if (cda[CTA_PROTOINFO-1]) {
 		err = ctnetlink_change_protoinfo(ct, cda);
 		if (err < 0)
-			return err;
+			goto err;
 	}
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index bd1d2de75e459deba86c0fcdcfd62cbbbc2364cc..811e3e782f0f2f36c4257ed778e1301172579a7c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct nfattr *cda[],
 	if (cda[CTA_PROTOINFO-1]) {
 		err = ctnetlink_change_protoinfo(ct, cda);
 		if (err < 0)
-			return err;
+			goto err;
 	}
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK)