diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
index 91585b5e53070d9522b289bca106e79765c415a1..0264258c46feb5071a8eebcf9299b4b717fd0a32 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_ct.c
@@ -544,7 +544,8 @@ static int nft_ct_set_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 		case IP_CT_DIR_REPLY:
 			break;
 		default:
-			return -EINVAL;
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto err1;
 		}
 	}