diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
index 7dbe652efb5a..205215968ff1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ int dm_exception_store_create(struct dm_target *ti, int argc, char **argv,
 		type = get_type("N");
 	else {
 		ti->error = "Persistent flag is not P or N";
-		return -EINVAL;
+		r = -EINVAL;
+		goto bad_type;
 	}
 
 	if (!type) {