diff --git a/src/basic/fileio.c b/src/basic/fileio.c
index 29b941348a..fb26274afa 100644
--- a/src/basic/fileio.c
+++ b/src/basic/fileio.c
@@ -363,11 +363,11 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
                 void *userdata,
                 int *n_pushed) {
 
-        _cleanup_free_ char *contents = NULL, *key = NULL;
         size_t key_alloc = 0, n_key = 0, value_alloc = 0, n_value = 0, last_value_whitespace = (size_t) -1, last_key_whitespace = (size_t) -1;
-        char *p, *value = NULL;
-        int r;
+        _cleanup_free_ char *contents = NULL, *key = NULL, *value = NULL;
         unsigned line = 1;
+        char *p;
+        int r;
 
         enum {
                 PRE_KEY,
@@ -404,10 +404,8 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
                                 state = KEY;
                                 last_key_whitespace = (size_t) -1;
 
-                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(key, key_alloc, n_key+2)) {
-                                        r = -ENOMEM;
-                                        goto fail;
-                                }
+                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(key, key_alloc, n_key+2))
+                                        return -ENOMEM;
 
                                 key[n_key++] = c;
                         }
@@ -427,10 +425,8 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
                                 else if (last_key_whitespace == (size_t) -1)
                                          last_key_whitespace = n_key;
 
-                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(key, key_alloc, n_key+2)) {
-                                        r = -ENOMEM;
-                                        goto fail;
-                                }
+                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(key, key_alloc, n_key+2))
+                                        return -ENOMEM;
 
                                 key[n_key++] = c;
                         }
@@ -452,7 +448,7 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
 
                                 r = push(fname, line, key, value, userdata, n_pushed);
                                 if (r < 0)
-                                        goto fail;
+                                        return r;
 
                                 n_key = 0;
                                 value = NULL;
@@ -467,10 +463,8 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
                         else if (!strchr(WHITESPACE, c)) {
                                 state = VALUE;
 
-                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2)) {
-                                        r = -ENOMEM;
-                                        goto fail;
-                                }
+                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2))
+                                        return  -ENOMEM;
 
                                 value[n_value++] = c;
                         }
@@ -497,7 +491,7 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
 
                                 r = push(fname, line, key, value, userdata, n_pushed);
                                 if (r < 0)
-                                        goto fail;
+                                        return r;
 
                                 n_key = 0;
                                 value = NULL;
@@ -512,10 +506,8 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
                                 else if (last_value_whitespace == (size_t) -1)
                                         last_value_whitespace = n_value;
 
-                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2)) {
-                                        r = -ENOMEM;
-                                        goto fail;
-                                }
+                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2))
+                                        return -ENOMEM;
 
                                 value[n_value++] = c;
                         }
@@ -527,10 +519,8 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
 
                         if (!strchr(newline, c)) {
                                 /* Escaped newlines we eat up entirely */
-                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2)) {
-                                        r = -ENOMEM;
-                                        goto fail;
-                                }
+                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2))
+                                        return -ENOMEM;
 
                                 value[n_value++] = c;
                         }
@@ -542,10 +532,8 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
                         else if (c == '\\')
                                 state = SINGLE_QUOTE_VALUE_ESCAPE;
                         else {
-                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2)) {
-                                        r = -ENOMEM;
-                                        goto fail;
-                                }
+                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2))
+                                        return -ENOMEM;
 
                                 value[n_value++] = c;
                         }
@@ -556,10 +544,8 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
                         state = SINGLE_QUOTE_VALUE;
 
                         if (!strchr(newline, c)) {
-                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2)) {
-                                        r = -ENOMEM;
-                                        goto fail;
-                                }
+                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2))
+                                        return -ENOMEM;
 
                                 value[n_value++] = c;
                         }
@@ -571,10 +557,8 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
                         else if (c == '\\')
                                 state = DOUBLE_QUOTE_VALUE_ESCAPE;
                         else {
-                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2)) {
-                                        r = -ENOMEM;
-                                        goto fail;
-                                }
+                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2))
+                                        return -ENOMEM;
 
                                 value[n_value++] = c;
                         }
@@ -585,10 +569,8 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
                         state = DOUBLE_QUOTE_VALUE;
 
                         if (!strchr(newline, c)) {
-                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2)) {
-                                        r = -ENOMEM;
-                                        goto fail;
-                                }
+                                if (!GREEDY_REALLOC(value, value_alloc, n_value+2))
+                                        return -ENOMEM;
 
                                 value[n_value++] = c;
                         }
@@ -633,14 +615,12 @@ static int parse_env_file_internal(
 
                 r = push(fname, line, key, value, userdata, n_pushed);
                 if (r < 0)
-                        goto fail;
+                        return r;
+
+                value = NULL;
         }
 
         return 0;
-
-fail:
-        free(value);
-        return r;
 }
 
 static int check_utf8ness_and_warn(