diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 56f0783df589..5ef6e27e026e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -5146,12 +5146,10 @@ static int ip6_route_multipath_add(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 
 			nla = nla_find(attrs, attrlen, RTA_GATEWAY);
 			if (nla) {
-				int ret;
-
-				ret = fib6_gw_from_attr(&r_cfg.fc_gateway, nla,
+				err = fib6_gw_from_attr(&r_cfg.fc_gateway, nla,
 							extack);
-				if (ret)
-					return ret;
+				if (err)
+					goto cleanup;
 
 				r_cfg.fc_flags |= RTF_GATEWAY;
 			}