diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/acl/ingress_ofld.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/acl/ingress_ofld.c
index d55775627a473a698638b2b2fff4e0c7e55a195b..50d2ea32397982884bb6618d1b1da53bf7ca53d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/acl/ingress_ofld.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/acl/ingress_ofld.c
@@ -364,8 +364,7 @@ int mlx5_esw_acl_ingress_vport_metadata_update(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, u16 vpo
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ERR(vport))) {
 		esw_warn(esw->dev, "vport(%d) invalid!\n", vport_num);
-		err = PTR_ERR(vport);
-		goto out;
+		return PTR_ERR(vport);
 	}
 
 	esw_acl_ingress_ofld_rules_destroy(esw, vport);