diff --git a/lib/std/tar/Writer.zig b/lib/std/tar/Writer.zig
index 583bc8cfc1c3b3ac75f4d39e9a38f46da4a90dcb..aa4d9b1bbbad4cf00c44ed3f3e495080c66f8d7f 100644
--- a/lib/std/tar/Writer.zig
+++ b/lib/std/tar/Writer.zig
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ fn writeHeader(
     if (typeflag == .symbolic_link)
         header.setLinkname(link_name) catch |err| switch (err) {
             error.NameTooLong => try w.writeExtendedHeader(.gnu_long_link, &.{link_name}),
-            else => return err,
+            else => |e| return e,
         };
     try header.write(w.underlying_writer);
 }
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fn setPath(w: *Writer, header: *Header, sub_path: []const u8) Error!void {
                 &.{ w.prefix, "/", sub_path };
             try w.writeExtendedHeader(.gnu_long_name, buffers);
         },
-        else => return err,
+        else => |e| return e,
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/std/testing.zig b/lib/std/testing.zig
index 24287f65aae647f217a5726c3d52c223e83889b2..6d2a045abb63f3182d0bc95d0905b762cfbff494 100644
--- a/lib/std/testing.zig
+++ b/lib/std/testing.zig
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ pub fn checkAllAllocationFailures(backing_allocator: std.mem.Allocator, comptime
                     return error.MemoryLeakDetected;
                 }
             },
-            else => return err,
+            else => |e| return e,
         }
     }
 }