1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
index ec16255d27dd..63b7c7afe8df 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ static inline void free_dev_ioctl(struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
  */
 static int validate_dev_ioctl(int cmd, struct autofs_dev_ioctl *param)
 {
-        int err = -EINVAL;
+        int err;
 
-        if (check_dev_ioctl_version(cmd, param)) {
+        err = check_dev_ioctl_version(cmd, param);
+        if (err) {
                 AUTOFS_WARN("invalid device control module version "
                      "supplied for cmd(0x%08x)", cmd);
                 goto out;