1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 9c288653e6d6..940189bd6490 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -2125,7 +2125,7 @@ cifs_set_cifscreds(struct smb_vol *vol, struct cifs_ses *ses)
         down_read(&key->sem);
         upayload = key->payload.data;
         if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(upayload)) {
-                rc = PTR_ERR(key);
+                rc = upayload ? PTR_ERR(upayload) : -EINVAL;
                 goto out_key_put;
         }