diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c
index 363cf313..287c2ce4 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ pmpkg_t *_alpm_pkg_load(const char *pkgfile, unsigned short full)
 
 	if(!config) {
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("missing package metadata in %s\n"), pkgfile);
-		goto error;
+		goto pkg_invalid;
 	}
 
   archive_read_finish(archive);