diff --git a/net/sched/act_ct.c b/net/sched/act_ct.c
index d47a82f9ac6c..be535a261fa0 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ct.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ct.c
@@ -1296,7 +1296,8 @@ static int tcf_ct_fill_params(struct net *net,
 	if (tb[TCA_CT_ZONE]) {
 		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_ZONES)) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Conntrack zones isn't enabled.");
-			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto err;
 		}
 
 		tcf_ct_set_key_val(tb,
@@ -1309,7 +1310,8 @@ static int tcf_ct_fill_params(struct net *net,
 	tmpl = nf_ct_tmpl_alloc(net, &zone, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tmpl) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to allocate conntrack template");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
 	}
 	p->tmpl = tmpl;
 	if (tb[TCA_CT_HELPER_NAME]) {