diff --git a/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c b/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c
index fb76156a57..5697946459 100644
--- a/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c
+++ b/tests/qemumonitortestutils.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ qemuMonitorTestAddItemParams(qemuMonitorTestPtr test,
     va_start(args, response);
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC(data) < 0)
-        return -1;
+        goto error;
 
     if (VIR_STRDUP(data->command_name, cmdname) < 0 ||
         VIR_STRDUP(data->response, response) < 0)