diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/binder.c b/drivers/staging/android/binder.c
index eaec1dab7fe4..1432d956769c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/binder.c
@@ -2904,7 +2904,7 @@ static int binder_node_release(struct binder_node *node, int refs)
 		refs++;
 
 		if (!ref->death)
-			goto out;
+			continue;
 
 		death++;
 
@@ -2917,7 +2917,6 @@ static int binder_node_release(struct binder_node *node, int refs)
 			BUG();
 	}
 
-out:
 	binder_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_DEAD_BINDER,
 		     "node %d now dead, refs %d, death %d\n",
 		     node->debug_id, refs, death);