diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index edf173ed05f8..99ee0ee2d92a 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -1152,10 +1152,9 @@ static int common_read(struct policydb *p, struct hashtab *h, void *fp)
 	u32 len, nel;
 	int i, rc;
 
-	rc = -ENOMEM;
 	comdatum = kzalloc(sizeof(*comdatum), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!comdatum)
-		goto bad;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	rc = next_entry(buf, fp, sizeof buf);
 	if (rc)