diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index be743fd1d0..995f56d504 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,8 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
     seq_iter++;
 
     if (version_id != 4) {
-        return -EINVAL;
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        goto done;
     }
 
     do {
@@ -1091,7 +1092,8 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
 
             host = host_from_stream_offset(f, addr, flags);
             if (!host) {
-                return -EINVAL;
+                ret = -EINVAL;
+                goto done;
             }
 
             ch = qemu_get_byte(f);
@@ -1101,14 +1103,16 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
 
             host = host_from_stream_offset(f, addr, flags);
             if (!host) {
-                return -EINVAL;
+                ret = -EINVAL;
+                goto done;
             }
 
             qemu_get_buffer(f, host, TARGET_PAGE_SIZE);
         } else if (flags & RAM_SAVE_FLAG_XBZRLE) {
             void *host = host_from_stream_offset(f, addr, flags);
             if (!host) {
-                return -EINVAL;
+                ret = -EINVAL;
+                goto done;
             }
 
             if (load_xbzrle(f, addr, host) < 0) {