diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
index ec6772866f3d..bfc7c7c8a0c8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ xfs_compat_attrmulti_by_handle(
 
 	ops = memdup_user(compat_ptr(am_hreq.ops), size);
 	if (IS_ERR(ops)) {
-		error = -PTR_ERR(ops);
+		error = PTR_ERR(ops);
 		goto out_dput;
 	}