diff --git a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
index 7a8efce1c343..b11f695261f5 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ static int dlm_listen_for_all(void)
 				  SOCK_STREAM, dlm_proto_ops->proto, &sock);
 	if (result < 0) {
 		log_print("Can't create comms socket, check SCTP is loaded");
-		goto out;
+		return result;
 	}
 
 	sock_set_mark(sock->sk, dlm_config.ci_mark);