diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index f606c942f514..e1f6366b7ccd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -896,7 +896,8 @@ static int sve_set_common(struct task_struct *target,
 			break;
 		default:
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
 		/*