diff --git a/src/binfmt_rto/binfmt_rto_604.c b/src/binfmt_rto/binfmt_rto_604.c
index 44ad5a3aae53c1a1490b429b1baeda4f6eb7cc75..981e51c4fd94107ee0f324d329ffe4b88e4822ce 100644
--- a/src/binfmt_rto/binfmt_rto_604.c
+++ b/src/binfmt_rto/binfmt_rto_604.c
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	struct list_head *preload_seg_pos = NULL;
 	struct loaded_seg *loaded_seg;
 
+	retval = -ENOEXEC;
 	/* close feature to rmmod this ko */
 	if (!use_rto) {
 		goto out;
@@ -1170,7 +1171,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 load_rto:
 	elf_ex = (struct elfhdr *)bprm->buf;
 	is_rto_format = elf_ex->e_flags & OS_SPECIFIC_FLAG_RTO;
-	retval = -ENOEXEC;
 
 	if (!is_rto_format && !is_rto_symbolic_link) {
 		goto out;