diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
index 3c4078461d..5e959a2ea9 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ static int virLXCCgroupSetupCpusetTune(virDomainDefPtr def,
     }
 
     if (virDomainNumatuneGetMode(def->numa, -1) !=
-        VIR_DOMAIN_NUMATUNE_MEM_STRICT)
+        VIR_DOMAIN_NUMATUNE_MEM_STRICT) {
+        ret = 0;
         goto cleanup;
+    }
 
     if (virDomainNumatuneMaybeFormatNodeset(def->numa, nodemask,
                                             &mask, -1) < 0)