diff --git a/lib/vtls/rustls.c b/lib/vtls/rustls.c
index 0c13cc81ee..360a2454ac 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/rustls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/rustls.c
@@ -744,9 +744,7 @@ init_config_builder_verifier(struct Curl_easy *data,
   if(rr != RUSTLS_RESULT_OK) {
     rustls_failf(data, rr, "failed to build trusted root certificate store");
     result = CURLE_SSL_CACERT_BADFILE;
-    if(result) {
-      goto cleanup;
-    }
+    goto cleanup;
   }
 
   verifier_builder = rustls_web_pki_server_cert_verifier_builder_new(roots);