diff --git a/fs/btrfs/send.c b/fs/btrfs/send.c
index d5c151651d07..bda229c7084b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/send.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/send.c
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ static int send_link(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 
 	ret = begin_cmd(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_C_LINK);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
+		return ret;
 
 	TLV_PUT_PATH(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_PATH, path);
 	TLV_PUT_PATH(sctx, BTRFS_SEND_A_PATH_LINK, lnk);
@@ -841,7 +841,6 @@ static int send_link(struct send_ctx *sctx,
 	ret = send_cmd(sctx);
 
 tlv_put_failure:
-out:
 	return ret;
 }