diff --git a/fs/ntfs/collate.c b/fs/ntfs/collate.c
index 885efebe8959..5417288c5825 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/collate.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/collate.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static int ntfs_collate_ntofs_ulongs(struct ntfs_volume *vol,
 
 	if (data1_len != data2_len || data1_len & 3) {
 		ntfs_error(vol->sb, "data1_len or data2_len not valid\n");
-		return -1;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	len = data1_len;