diff --git a/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c b/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
index e61db0b15b7a..a51bd4afd5ab 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ retry_request:
 		dev_alert(snp_dev->dev,
 			  "Detected error from ASP request. rc: %d, fw_err: %llu\n",
 			  rc, *fw_err);
-		goto disable_vmpck;
+		snp_disable_vmpck(snp_dev);
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 	rc = verify_and_dec_payload(snp_dev, resp_buf, resp_sz);
@@ -413,14 +414,11 @@ retry_request:
 		dev_alert(snp_dev->dev,
 			  "Detected unexpected decode failure from ASP. rc: %d\n",
 			  rc);
-		goto disable_vmpck;
+		snp_disable_vmpck(snp_dev);
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-
-disable_vmpck:
-	snp_disable_vmpck(snp_dev);
-	return rc;
 }
 
 static int get_report(struct snp_guest_dev *snp_dev, struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *arg)