diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_uid16.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_uid16.c
index c306f0000e6..31950ffb228 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_uid16.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_uid16.c
@@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ linux_setgroups16(struct thread *td, struct linux_setgroups16_args *args)
 		return (EINVAL);
 	linux_gidset = malloc(ngrp * sizeof(*linux_gidset), M_TEMP, M_WAITOK);
 	error = copyin(args->gidset, linux_gidset, ngrp * sizeof(l_gid16_t));
-	if (error)
+	if (error) {
 		free(linux_gidset, M_TEMP);
 		return (error);
+	}
 	newcred = crget();
 	p = td->td_proc;
 	PROC_LOCK(p);