diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index bccc9acf6bc5..375e304070e1 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@ static int genfs_read(struct policydb *p, void *fp)
 
 	rc = next_entry(buf, fp, sizeof(u32));
 	if (rc)
-		goto out;
+		return rc;
 	nel = le32_to_cpu(buf[0]);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nel; i++) {