diff --git a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
index c7fcc7438843..d47b35a669e1 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
@@ -662,7 +662,8 @@ static int _autofs_dev_ioctl(unsigned int command,
 	fn = lookup_dev_ioctl(cmd);
 	if (!fn) {
 		pr_warn("unknown command 0x%08x\n", command);
-		return -ENOTTY;
+		err = -ENOTTY;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	fp = NULL;