diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index e62fe5667671..ce43cf20b07c 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ int ufs_empty_dir(struct inode * inode)
 
 		kaddr = ufs_get_folio(inode, i, &folio);
 		if (IS_ERR(kaddr))
-			continue;
+			return 0;
 
 		de = (struct ufs_dir_entry *)kaddr;
 		kaddr += ufs_last_byte(inode, i) - UFS_DIR_REC_LEN(1);