diff --git a/net/sched/act_ct.c b/net/sched/act_ct.c
index e0060aefbf9d8..e32c4732ddf83 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ct.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ct.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int tcf_ct_handle_fragments(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(struct inet6_skb_parm));
 		err = nf_ct_frag6_gather(net, skb, user);
 		if (err && err != -EINPROGRESS)
-			goto out_free;
+			return err;
 #else
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out_free;