diff --git a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
index 60264833bb63..3663259f0b7d 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
@@ -2500,7 +2500,7 @@ int ntfs_resident_attr_record_add(struct ntfs_inode *ni, __le32 type,
 	return offset;
 put_err_out:
 	ntfs_attr_put_search_ctx(ctx);
-	return -EIO;
+	return err;
 }
 
 /*