diff --git a/lib/route/pktloc.c b/lib/route/pktloc.c
index 27d63be..75d049e 100644
--- a/lib/route/pktloc.c
+++ b/lib/route/pktloc.c
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ static int read_pktlocs(void)
 	/* if stat fails, just try to read the file */
 	if (stat(path, &st) == 0) {
 		/* Don't re-read file if file is unchanged */
-		if (last_read == st.st_mtime)
-			return 0;
+		if (last_read == st.st_mtime) {
+			err = 0;
+			goto errout;
+		}
 	}
 
 	NL_DBG(2, "Reading packet location file \"%s\"\n", path);