diff --git a/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c b/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c
index 17408bb8ab65..746d70091f3d 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/ioctl.c
@@ -392,13 +392,11 @@ long cifs_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int command, unsigned long arg)
 			}
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_ALLOW_INSECURE_LEGACY */
 #endif /* CONFIG_CIFS_POSIX */
-			rc = 0;
-			if (CIFS_I(inode)->cifsAttrs & ATTR_COMPRESSED) {
-				/* add in the compressed bit */
-				ExtAttrBits = FS_COMPR_FL;
-				rc = put_user(ExtAttrBits & FS_FL_USER_VISIBLE,
-					      (int __user *)arg);
-			}
+			if (CIFS_I(inode)->cifsAttrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED)
+				ExtAttrBits |= FS_COMPR_FL;
+
+			rc = put_user(ExtAttrBits & FS_FL_USER_VISIBLE,
+				      (int __user *)arg);
 			break;
 		case FS_IOC_SETFLAGS:
 			if (pSMBFile == NULL)