diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c b/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c
index 7fb998b01d..ff0eeb60eb 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c
@@ -3568,7 +3568,7 @@ static int vulkan_map_from_drm_frame_desc(AVHWFramesContext *hwfc, AVVkFrame **f
                         &f->flags, &f->mem[i]);
         if (err) {
             close(idesc.fd);
-            return err;
+            goto fail;
         }
 
         f->size[i] = req2.memoryRequirements.size;