diff --git a/src/xprt_quic.c b/src/xprt_quic.c
index f4a825b79..ffd994185 100644
--- a/src/xprt_quic.c
+++ b/src/xprt_quic.c
@@ -4107,8 +4107,6 @@ static int qc_ssl_sess_init(struct quic_conn *qc, SSL_CTX *ssl_ctx, SSL **ssl,
 	if (!SSL_set_quic_method(*ssl, &ha_quic_method) ||
 	    !SSL_set_ex_data(*ssl, ssl_qc_app_data_index, qc) ||
 	    !SSL_set_quic_transport_params(*ssl, qc->enc_params, qc->enc_params_len)) {
-			goto err;
-
 		SSL_free(*ssl);
 		*ssl = NULL;
 		if (!retry--)