1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
index 1a80301004b8..9c26738ef047 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static int jffs2_do_read_inode_internal(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
                                 f->target = NULL;
                                 mutex_unlock(&f->sem);
                                 jffs2_do_clear_inode(c, f);
-                                return -ret;
+                                return ret;
                         }
 
                         f->target[je32_to_cpu(latest_node->csize)] = '\0';