diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
index 498de6ef6870..4eeebcb50ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
@@ -542,8 +542,10 @@ int mlxsw_sp_flower_stats(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	rule = mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_lookup(mlxsw_sp, ruleset, f->cookie);
-	if (!rule)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!rule) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_rule_get_stats;
+	}
 
 	err = mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_get_stats(mlxsw_sp, rule, &packets, &bytes,
 					  &lastuse);