diff --git a/target/arm/ptw.c b/target/arm/ptw.c
index 615471699e..cd16b42c96 100644
--- a/target/arm/ptw.c
+++ b/target/arm/ptw.c
@@ -1063,8 +1063,6 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
     ARMCPU *cpu = env_archcpu(env);
     ARMMMUIdx mmu_idx = ptw->in_mmu_idx;
     bool is_secure = ptw->in_secure;
-    /* Read an LPAE long-descriptor translation table. */
-    ARMFaultType fault_type = ARMFault_Translation;
     uint32_t level;
     ARMVAParameters param;
     uint64_t ttbr;
@@ -1101,8 +1099,7 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
          * so our choice is to always raise the fault.
          */
         if (param.tsz_oob) {
-            fault_type = ARMFault_Translation;
-            goto do_fault;
+            goto do_translation_fault;
         }
 
         addrsize = 64 - 8 * param.tbi;
@@ -1139,8 +1136,7 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
                                            addrsize - inputsize);
         if (-top_bits != param.select) {
             /* The gap between the two regions is a Translation fault */
-            fault_type = ARMFault_Translation;
-            goto do_fault;
+            goto do_translation_fault;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1166,7 +1162,7 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
          * Translation table walk disabled => Translation fault on TLB miss
          * Note: This is always 0 on 64-bit EL2 and EL3.
          */
-        goto do_fault;
+        goto do_translation_fault;
     }
 
     if (!regime_is_stage2(mmu_idx)) {
@@ -1197,8 +1193,7 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
         if (param.ds && stride == 9 && sl2) {
             if (sl0 != 0) {
                 level = 0;
-                fault_type = ARMFault_Translation;
-                goto do_fault;
+                goto do_translation_fault;
             }
             startlevel = -1;
         } else if (!aarch64 || stride == 9) {
@@ -1217,8 +1212,7 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
         ok = check_s2_mmu_setup(cpu, aarch64, startlevel,
                                 inputsize, stride, outputsize);
         if (!ok) {
-            fault_type = ARMFault_Translation;
-            goto do_fault;
+            goto do_translation_fault;
         }
         level = startlevel;
     }
@@ -1240,7 +1234,7 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
         descaddr |= extract64(ttbr, 2, 4) << 48;
     } else if (descaddr >> outputsize) {
         level = 0;
-        fault_type = ARMFault_AddressSize;
+        fi->type = ARMFault_AddressSize;
         goto do_fault;
     }
 
@@ -1301,7 +1295,7 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
 
     if (!(descriptor & 1) || (!(descriptor & 2) && (level == 3))) {
         /* Invalid, or the Reserved level 3 encoding */
-        goto do_fault;
+        goto do_translation_fault;
     }
 
     descaddr = descriptor & descaddrmask;
@@ -1319,7 +1313,7 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
             descaddr |= extract64(descriptor, 12, 4) << 48;
         }
     } else if (descaddr >> outputsize) {
-        fault_type = ARMFault_AddressSize;
+        fi->type = ARMFault_AddressSize;
         goto do_fault;
     }
 
@@ -1376,9 +1370,9 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
      * Here descaddr is the final physical address, and attributes
      * are all in attrs.
      */
-    fault_type = ARMFault_AccessFlag;
     if ((attrs & (1 << 8)) == 0) {
         /* Access flag */
+        fi->type = ARMFault_AccessFlag;
         goto do_fault;
     }
 
@@ -1395,8 +1389,8 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
         result->f.prot = get_S1prot(env, mmu_idx, aarch64, ap, ns, xn, pxn);
     }
 
-    fault_type = ARMFault_Permission;
     if (!(result->f.prot & (1 << access_type))) {
+        fi->type = ARMFault_Permission;
         goto do_fault;
     }
 
@@ -1441,8 +1435,9 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_lpae(CPUARMState *env, S1Translate *ptw,
     result->f.lg_page_size = ctz64(page_size);
     return false;
 
-do_fault:
-    fi->type = fault_type;
+ do_translation_fault:
+    fi->type = ARMFault_Translation;
+ do_fault:
     fi->level = level;
     /* Tag the error as S2 for failed S1 PTW at S2 or ordinary S2.  */
     fi->stage2 = fi->s1ptw || regime_is_stage2(mmu_idx);
