diff --git a/src/token.c b/src/token.c
index 2e26c562..58befe1d 100644
--- a/src/token.c
+++ b/src/token.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ char *ssh_remove_all_matching(const char *list,
 
     ret = calloc(1, strlen(list) + 1);
     if (ret == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
+        goto out;
     }
 
     for (i = 0; l_tok->tokens[i]; i++) {