diff --git a/src/libbpf.c b/src/libbpf.c
index 8b0c324..3a80a01 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.c
+++ b/src/libbpf.c
@@ -5852,11 +5852,12 @@ static int load_module_btfs(struct bpf_object *obj)
 		info.name = ptr_to_u64(name);
 		info.name_len = sizeof(name);
 
+		btf = NULL;
 		err = bpf_btf_get_info_by_fd(fd, &info, &len);
 		if (err) {
 			err = -errno;
 			pr_warn("failed to get BTF object #%d info: %s\n", id, errstr(err));
-			goto err_out;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		/* ignore non-module BTFs */
@@ -5870,15 +5871,15 @@ static int load_module_btfs(struct bpf_object *obj)
 		if (err) {
 			pr_warn("failed to load module [%s]'s BTF object #%d: %s\n",
 				name, id, errstr(err));
-			goto err_out;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		err = libbpf_ensure_mem((void **)&obj->btf_modules, &obj->btf_module_cap,
 					sizeof(*obj->btf_modules), obj->btf_module_cnt + 1);
 		if (err)
-			goto err_out;
+			break;
 
-		mod_btf = &obj->btf_modules[obj->btf_module_cnt++];
+		mod_btf = &obj->btf_modules[obj->btf_module_cnt];
 
 		mod_btf->btf = btf;
 		mod_btf->id = id;
@@ -5886,16 +5887,16 @@ static int load_module_btfs(struct bpf_object *obj)
 		mod_btf->name = strdup(name);
 		if (!mod_btf->name) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err_out;
+			break;
 		}
-		continue;
-
-err_out:
-		close(fd);
-		return err;
+		obj->btf_module_cnt++;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	if (err) {
+		btf__free(btf);
+		close(fd);
+	}
+	return err;
 }
 
 static struct bpf_core_cand_list *