diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index e8918cf6..1d61faaf 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -4020,7 +4020,7 @@ ostree_repo_pull_with_options (OstreeRepo             *self,
                                      &pull_data->signapi_commit_verifiers,
                                      &pull_data->signapi_summary_verifiers,
                                      error))
-        return FALSE;
+        goto out;
     }
 
   pull_data->phase = OSTREE_PULL_PHASE_FETCHING_REFS;