diff --git a/lib/cw-out.c b/lib/cw-out.c
index 7a9274b5f2..1f40316492 100644
--- a/lib/cw-out.c
+++ b/lib/cw-out.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static CURLcode cw_out_do_write(struct cw_out_ctx *ctx,
     /* still have buffered data, append and flush */
     result = cw_out_append(ctx, data, otype, buf, blen);
     if(result)
-      return result;
+      goto out;
     result = cw_out_flush_chain(ctx, data, &ctx->buf, flush_all);
     if(result)
       goto out;