diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
index 98b515d39187..8e130b9720ae 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ xfs_acl_vset(
 	if (!basicperms) {
 		xfs_acl_set_attr(vp, xfs_acl, kind, &error);
 	} else {
-		xfs_acl_vremove(vp, _ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+		error = -xfs_acl_vremove(vp, _ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
 	}
 
 out: