diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 03975d0467f9e945d108bc97333804d642e7dcfb..3384eb89cb1c4ff25c5448ff91502bd4a79ee7db 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *oldf, int *errorp)
 	free_fdset (new_fdt->open_fds, new_fdt->max_fdset);
 	free_fd_array(new_fdt->fd, new_fdt->max_fds);
 	kmem_cache_free(files_cachep, newf);
-	goto out;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static int copy_files(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct * tsk)