diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
index a8389396e9a9..36285d12c2e9 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
@@ -1637,10 +1637,9 @@ static int cat_read(struct policydb *p, struct hashtab *h, void *fp)
 	__le32 buf[3];
 	u32 len;
 
-	rc = -ENOMEM;
 	catdatum = kzalloc(sizeof(*catdatum), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!catdatum)
-		goto bad;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	rc = next_entry(buf, fp, sizeof buf);
 	if (rc)