diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
index fb56c4c339873cda4290e2a4dc442b75e1fc5e27..d1f48ffe846ef7a893f3d049d39152854d8340c1 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
@@ -4096,8 +4096,10 @@ int log_replay(struct ntfs_inode *ni, bool *initialized)
 		if (client == LFS_NO_CLIENT_LE) {
 			/* Insert "NTFS" client LogFile. */
 			client = ra->client_idx[0];
-			if (client == LFS_NO_CLIENT_LE)
-				return -EINVAL;
+			if (client == LFS_NO_CLIENT_LE) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto out;
+			}
 
 			t16 = le16_to_cpu(client);
 			cr = ca + t16;