1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 8b28415939..51f969fcbc 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -1564,10 +1564,13 @@ int commit_tree_extended(const char *msg, size_t msg_len,
 	if (encoding_is_utf8 && !verify_utf8(&buffer))
 		fprintf(stderr, _(commit_utf8_warn));
 
-	if (sign_commit && do_sign_commit(&buffer, sign_commit))
-		return -1;
+	if (sign_commit && do_sign_commit(&buffer, sign_commit)) {
+		result = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	result = write_sha1_file(buffer.buf, buffer.len, commit_type, ret);
+out:
 	strbuf_release(&buffer);
 	return result;
 }