diff --git a/bin/tests/db_test.c b/bin/tests/db_test.c
index d95dad47c7..259ed6c7e8 100644
--- a/bin/tests/db_test.c
+++ b/bin/tests/db_test.c
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ load(const char *filename, const char *origintext, isc_boolean_t cache) {
 		dns_dbtable_adddefault(dbtable, dbi->db);
 		cache_dbi = dbi;
 	} else {
-		if (dns_dbtable_add(dbtable, dbi->db) != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
+		result = dns_dbtable_add(dbtable, dbi->db);
+		if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
 			dns_db_detach(&dbi->db);
 			isc_mem_put(mctx, dbi, sizeof(*dbi));
 			return (result);