1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 641cc8ffc51b..1cbe61524efc 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ CIFSSMBPosixLock(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
         cFYI(1, ("Posix Lock"));
 
         if (pLockData == NULL)
-                return EINVAL;
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         rc = small_smb_init(SMB_COM_TRANSACTION2, 15, tcon, (void **) &pSMB);