diff --git a/lib/share.c b/lib/share.c
index c1ce1aab1..870b191fc 100644
--- a/lib/share.c
+++ b/lib/share.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ curl_share_setopt(struct Curl_share *share, CURLSHoption option, ...)
 
     case CURL_LOCK_DATA_CONNECT:     /* not supported (yet) */
       if(Curl_conncache_init(&share->conn_cache, 103))
-        return CURLSHE_NOMEM;
+        res = CURLSHE_NOMEM;
       break;
 
     default: