diff --git a/src/evalfunc.c b/src/evalfunc.c
index 5de49c5..c07b1ab 100644
--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -7859,9 +7859,9 @@
 	pat = (char_u *)"[\\x01- ]\\+";
 
     if (rettv_list_alloc(rettv) == FAIL)
-	return;
+	goto theend;
     if (typeerr)
-	return;
+	goto theend;
 
     regmatch.regprog = vim_regcomp(pat, RE_MAGIC + RE_STRING);
     if (regmatch.regprog != NULL)
@@ -7898,6 +7898,7 @@
 	vim_regfree(regmatch.regprog);
     }
 
+theend:
     p_cpo = save_cpo;
 }