diff --git a/fs/afs/xattr.c b/fs/afs/xattr.c
index 84f3c4f575318..38884d6c57cdc 100644
--- a/fs/afs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/afs/xattr.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int afs_xattr_get_acl(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 			if (acl->size <= size)
 				memcpy(buffer, acl->data, acl->size);
 			else
-				op->error = -ERANGE;
+				ret = -ERANGE;
 		}
 	}