diff --git a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c
index 29e5e0c862..2d8c352a07 100644
--- a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c
+++ b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_gentech_driver.c
@@ -202,15 +202,12 @@ virNWFilterCreateVarsFrom(GHashTable *vars1,
     g_autoptr(GHashTable) res = virHashNew(virNWFilterVarValueHashFree);
 
     if (virNWFilterHashTablePutAll(vars1, res) < 0)
-        goto error;
+        return NULL;
 
     if (virNWFilterHashTablePutAll(vars2, res) < 0)
-        goto error;
+        return NULL;
 
     return g_steal_pointer(&res);
-
- error:
-    return NULL;
 }