diff --git a/server/sock.c b/server/sock.c
index 1a3a8f7a823..5ffb1fe37c0 100644
--- a/server/sock.c
+++ b/server/sock.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static sock_shutdown_t sock_check_pollhup(void)
     struct pollfd pfd;
     char dummy;
 
-    if ( socketpair( AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fd ) ) goto out;
+    if ( socketpair( AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fd ) ) return ret;
     if ( shutdown( fd[0], 1 ) ) goto out;
 
     pfd.fd = fd[1];