diff --git a/lib/dns/opensslecdsa_link.c b/lib/dns/opensslecdsa_link.c
index 1f16ca7073..5ee4342b38 100644
--- a/lib/dns/opensslecdsa_link.c
+++ b/lib/dns/opensslecdsa_link.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ opensslecdsa_verify(dst_context_t *dctx, const isc_region_t *sig) {
 	}
 
 	if (sig->length != siglen) {
-		return (DST_R_VERIFYFAILURE);
+		DST_RET(DST_R_VERIFYFAILURE);
 	}
 
 	if (!EVP_DigestFinal_ex(evp_md_ctx, digest, &dgstlen)) {