diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
index 644032cd680e..d1f513800c10 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static ssize_t commit_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	 */
 	rc = cxl_region_invalidate_memregion(cxlr);
 	if (rc)
-		return rc;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (commit) {
 		rc = cxl_region_decode_commit(cxlr);