diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/super-io.c b/fs/bcachefs/super-io.c
index d86d5dae54c9..b2e914841b5f 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/super-io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/super-io.c
@@ -799,8 +799,10 @@ static int __bch2_read_super(const char *path, struct bch_opts *opts,
 	     i < layout.sb_offset + layout.nr_superblocks; i++) {
 		offset = le64_to_cpu(*i);
 
-		if (offset == opt_get(*opts, sb))
+		if (offset == opt_get(*opts, sb)) {
+			ret = -BCH_ERR_invalid;
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		ret = read_one_super(sb, offset, &err);
 		if (!ret)