diff --git a/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c b/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c
index ffa0439f12..7ff4b7e11b 100644
--- a/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c
+++ b/android/phoenix/jni/apk-extract/apk-extract.c
@@ -42,23 +42,13 @@ static int zlib_cb(const char *name, const char *valid_exts,
    fill_pathname_basedir(path_dir, path, sizeof(path_dir));
 
    if (!path_mkdir(path_dir))
-   {
-      RARCH_ERR("Failed to create dir: %s.\n", path_dir);
-      return 0;
-   }
+      goto error;
 
    RARCH_LOG("Extracting %s -> %s ...\n", name, path);
 
    if (!zlib_perform_mode(path, valid_exts,
             cdata, cmode, csize, size, crc32, userdata))
-   {
-      if (cmode == 0)
-      {
-         RARCH_ERR("Failed to write file: %s.\n", path);
-         return 0;
-      }
       goto error;
-   }
 
    return 1;
 
diff --git a/tasks/task_http.c b/tasks/task_http.c
index 88aa5ea303..267a7ad7f6 100644
--- a/tasks/task_http.c
+++ b/tasks/task_http.c
@@ -83,10 +83,7 @@ static int zlib_extract_core_callback(const char *name, const char *valid_exts,
    path_basedir(path);
 
    if (!path_mkdir(path))
-   {
-      RARCH_ERR("Failed to create directory: %s.\n", path);
-      return 0;
-   }
+      goto error;
 
    /* Ignore directories. */
    if (name[strlen(name) - 1] == '/' || name[strlen(name) - 1] == '\\')
@@ -98,14 +95,8 @@ static int zlib_extract_core_callback(const char *name, const char *valid_exts,
 
    if (!zlib_perform_mode(path, valid_exts,
             cdata, cmode, csize, size, crc32, userdata))
-   {
-      if (cmode == 0)
-      {
-         RARCH_ERR("Failed to write file: %s.\n", path);
-         return 0;
-      }
       goto error;
-   }
+
    return 1;
 
 error: