diff --git a/src/unix/udp.c b/src/unix/udp.c
index 73f2bc4e..c556325d 100644
--- a/src/unix/udp.c
+++ b/src/unix/udp.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int uv__udp_bind(uv_udp_t* handle,
   if (flags & UV_UDP_REUSEADDR) {
     err = uv__set_reuse(fd);
     if (err)
-      goto out;
+      return err;
   }
 
   if (flags & UV_UDP_IPV6ONLY) {
@@ -315,11 +315,11 @@ int uv__udp_bind(uv_udp_t* handle,
     yes = 1;
     if (setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &yes, sizeof yes) == -1) {
       err = -errno;
-      goto out;
+      return err;
     }
 #else
     err = -ENOTSUP;
-    goto out;
+    return err;
 #endif
   }
 
@@ -329,20 +329,14 @@ int uv__udp_bind(uv_udp_t* handle,
       /* OSX, other BSDs and SunoS fail with EAFNOSUPPORT when binding a
        * socket created with AF_INET to an AF_INET6 address or vice versa. */
       err = -EINVAL;
-    goto out;
+    return err;
   }
 
   if (addr->sa_family == AF_INET6)
     handle->flags |= UV_HANDLE_IPV6;
 
   handle->flags |= UV_HANDLE_BOUND;
-
   return 0;
-
-out:
-  uv__close(handle->io_watcher.fd);
-  handle->io_watcher.fd = -1;
-  return err;
 }