diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index d0592c3b45..54e012e5b4 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ out:
 static int local_unlinkat_common(FsContext *ctx, int dirfd, const char *name,
                                  int flags)
 {
-    int ret = -1;
+    int ret;
 
     if (ctx->export_flags & V9FS_SM_MAPPED_FILE) {
         int map_dirfd;
@@ -1094,12 +1094,12 @@ static int local_unlinkat_common(FsContext *ctx, int dirfd, const char *name,
 
             fd = openat_dir(dirfd, name);
             if (fd == -1) {
-                goto err_out;
+                return -1;
             }
             ret = unlinkat(fd, VIRTFS_META_DIR, AT_REMOVEDIR);
             close_preserve_errno(fd);
             if (ret < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
-                goto err_out;
+                return -1;
             }
         }
         map_dirfd = openat_dir(dirfd, VIRTFS_META_DIR);
@@ -1107,16 +1107,14 @@ static int local_unlinkat_common(FsContext *ctx, int dirfd, const char *name,
             ret = unlinkat(map_dirfd, name, 0);
             close_preserve_errno(map_dirfd);
             if (ret < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
-                goto err_out;
+                return -1;
             }
         } else if (errno != ENOENT) {
-            goto err_out;
+            return -1;
         }
     }
 
-    ret = unlinkat(dirfd, name, flags);
-err_out:
-    return ret;
+    return unlinkat(dirfd, name, flags);
 }
 
 static int local_remove(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)