diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
index ecd7a65cab08..f46a62eae659 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
@@ -598,8 +598,10 @@ static int smb2_compound_op(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 		/* smb2_parse_contexts() fills idata->fi.IndexNumber */
 		rc = smb2_parse_contexts(server, &rsp_iov[0], &oparms->fid->epoch,
 					 oparms->fid->lease_key, &oplock, &idata->fi, NULL);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc) {
 			cifs_dbg(VFS, "rc: %d parsing context of compound op\n", rc);
+			tmp_rc = rc;
+		}
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_cmds; i++) {