diff --git a/contrib/elftoolchain/libelftc/libelftc_dem_gnu3.c b/contrib/elftoolchain/libelftc/libelftc_dem_gnu3.c
index 8127919f1cf6..fa9fdeb83ea6 100644
--- a/contrib/elftoolchain/libelftc/libelftc_dem_gnu3.c
+++ b/contrib/elftoolchain/libelftc/libelftc_dem_gnu3.c
@@ -2912,7 +2912,7 @@ again:
 		if (len <= 0)
 			goto clean;
 		if (!vector_str_push(&v.ext_name, ddata->cur, len))
-			return (0);
+			goto clean;
 		ddata->cur += len;
 		if (!vector_type_qualifier_push(&v, TYPE_EXT))
 			goto clean;