diff --git a/c-programming/io/freadln.c b/c-programming/io/freadln.c
index 9a56378..23de41d 100644
--- a/c-programming/io/freadln.c
+++ b/c-programming/io/freadln.c
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ int freadln(FILE* f, char** output, size_t* length_out) {
 		if ((freadln_length_type) (length + 2) <= (freadln_length_type) length)
 		{
 			errno = ERANGE;
-			freadln_success_epilogue;
+			freadln_epilogue;
+			return freadln_ERROR;
 		} else
 			length++;
 
@@ -61,14 +62,16 @@ int freadln(FILE* f, char** output, size_t* length_out) {
 		// has already been accumulated.
 		if (temp == NULL) {
 			// keep errno;
-			freadln_success_epilogue;
+			freadln_epilogue;
+			return freadln_ERROR;
 		}
 
 		*output = temp;
 	}
 
 	errno = 0;
-	freadln_success_epilogue;
+	freadln_epilogue;
+	return freadln_OK;
 }
 
 #ifdef TEST
diff --git a/c-programming/io/freadln.h b/c-programming/io/freadln.h
index 912a9ab..75af727 100644
--- a/c-programming/io/freadln.h
+++ b/c-programming/io/freadln.h
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@ enum freadln_status {
 	freadln_ERROR
 };
 
-#define freadln_success_epilogue do {                                         \
+#define freadln_epilogue do {                                                 \
     (*output)[length] = '\0';                                                 \
     if (length_out != NULL)                                                   \
         *length_out = length;                                                 \
-    return freadln_OK;                                                        \
 } while (0)
 
 int freadln(FILE* f, char** output, size_t* length_out);