diff --git a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
index f54fe6b662b2..14bf01e3b55c 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
@@ -407,10 +407,8 @@ static int ethnl_tsinfo_dump_one_netdev(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			continue;
 
 		ehdr = ethnl_tsinfo_prepare_dump(skb, dev, reply_data, cb);
-		if (IS_ERR(ehdr)) {
-			ret = PTR_ERR(ehdr);
-			goto err;
-		}
+		if (IS_ERR(ehdr))
+			return PTR_ERR(ehdr);
 
 		reply_data->ts_info.phc_qualifier = ctx->pos_phcqualifier;
 		ret = ops->get_ts_info(dev, &reply_data->ts_info);