1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 55313d994895..d4e37acd4821 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static int proc_sys_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
         ctl_dir = container_of(head, struct ctl_dir, header);
 
         if (!dir_emit_dots(file, ctx))
-                return 0;
+                goto out;
 
         pos = 2;
 
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ static int proc_sys_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
                         break;
                 }
         }
+out:
         sysctl_head_finish(head);
         return 0;
 }