1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
index 8aec751fa464..c1e0b0caf9cc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ static int __btrfs_start_workers(struct btrfs_workers *workers)
         spin_lock_irq(&workers->lock);
         if (workers->stopping) {
                 spin_unlock_irq(&workers->lock);
+                ret = -EINVAL;
                 goto fail_kthread;
         }
         list_add_tail(&worker->worker_list, &workers->idle_list);