diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index 7000de6a91..6e18886d07 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -11199,7 +11199,7 @@ qemuDomainNamespaceSetupDisk(virDomainObjPtr vm,
     }
 
     if (qemuDomainNamespaceMknodPaths(vm, paths, npaths) < 0)
-        return -1;
+        goto cleanup;
 
     ret = 0;
  cleanup: