diff --git a/net/nfc/rawsock.c b/net/nfc/rawsock.c
index b927730d9ab06..57a07ab80d924 100644
--- a/net/nfc/rawsock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/rawsock.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int rawsock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *_addr,
 	if (addr->target_idx > dev->target_next_idx - 1 ||
 	    addr->target_idx < dev->target_next_idx - dev->n_targets) {
 		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto error;
+		goto put_dev;
 	}
 
 	rc = nfc_activate_target(dev, addr->target_idx, addr->nfc_protocol);