diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index 99ee0ee2d92a..5ca2d26ecf7f 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -1118,10 +1118,9 @@ static int perm_read(struct policydb *p, struct hashtab *h, void *fp)
 	__le32 buf[2];
 	u32 len;
 
-	rc = -ENOMEM;
 	perdatum = kzalloc(sizeof(*perdatum), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!perdatum)
-		goto bad;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	rc = next_entry(buf, fp, sizeof buf);
 	if (rc)