diff --git a/sys/netinet6/ip6_forward.c b/sys/netinet6/ip6_forward.c
index 05d96e753641..2da084bb700e 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/ip6_forward.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/ip6_forward.c
@@ -564,10 +564,8 @@ ip6_forward(struct mbuf *m, int srcrt)
 	odst = ip6->ip6_dst;
 	/* Run through list of hooks for output packets. */
 	error = pfil_run_hooks(&V_inet6_pfil_hook, &m, rt->rt_ifp, PFIL_OUT, NULL);
-	if (error != 0)
-		goto senderr;
-	if (m == NULL)
-		goto freecopy;
+	if (error != 0 || m == NULL)
+		goto freecopy;		/* consumed by filter */
 	ip6 = mtod(m, struct ip6_hdr *);
 
 	/* See if destination IP address was changed by packet filter. */