diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 57e99e6782..3cbb93d677 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -8700,7 +8700,7 @@ virDomainChrDefParseXML(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
 
     if (!seenTarget &&
         ((def->targetType = virDomainChrDefaultTargetType(def->deviceType)) < 0))
-        goto cleanup;
+        goto error;
 
     if (virDomainChrSourceDefParseXML(&def->source, node->children, flags, def,
                                       ctxt, vmSeclabels, nvmSeclabels) < 0)