diff --git a/sql/wsrep_utils.cc b/sql/wsrep_utils.cc
index b6b50ae7443..719e8e6b473 100644
--- a/sql/wsrep_utils.cc
+++ b/sql/wsrep_utils.cc
@@ -165,10 +165,9 @@ env::append(const char* val)
             ++len_;
             env_[len_] = NULL;
         }
+        else errno_ = errno;
     }
-
-    /* if either realloc() or strdup() failed, errno had been set */
-    errno_ = errno;
+    else errno_ = errno;
 
     return errno_;
 }