diff --git a/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_equiv_mode_np.c b/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_equiv_mode_np.c
--- a/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_equiv_mode_np.c
+++ b/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_equiv_mode_np.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 	/* Linux returns 0 for ACL returned by acl_init() */
 	if (_acl_brand(acl) == ACL_BRAND_UNKNOWN && acl->ats_acl.acl_cnt == 0)
-		return (0);
+		goto done;
 
 	// TODO: Do we want to handle ACL_BRAND_NFS4 in this function? */
 	if (_acl_brand(acl) != ACL_BRAND_POSIX)
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+done:
 	if (mode_p != NULL)
 		*mode_p = ret_mode;