diff --git a/src/libopensc/pkcs15-pubkey.c b/src/libopensc/pkcs15-pubkey.c
index e5baab4c..ab81219f 100644
--- a/src/libopensc/pkcs15-pubkey.c
+++ b/src/libopensc/pkcs15-pubkey.c
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ err:
 		free(pk.value);
 
 	SC_TEST_RET(ctx, SC_LOG_DEBUG_NORMAL, r, "ASN.1 parsing of  subjectPubkeyInfo failed");
+	SC_FUNC_RETURN(ctx, SC_LOG_DEBUG_NORMAL, r);
 }
 	
 int sc_pkcs15_pubkey_from_spki_filename(sc_context_t *ctx,