diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ea.c b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
index cdd306933d73..f6dbdfe6ff15 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ea.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ea.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ static int ntfs_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 		if (!buffer) {
 			err = sizeof(u8);
 		} else if (size < sizeof(u8)) {
-			err = -ENODATA;
+			err = -ERANGE;
 		} else {
 			err = sizeof(u8);
 			*(u8 *)buffer = (u8)(le32_to_cpu(ni->flags) & 0x3F);
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ static int ntfs_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 		if (!buffer) {
 			err = sizeof(u32);
 		} else if (size < sizeof(u32)) {
-			err = -ENODATA;
+			err = -ERANGE;
 		} else {
 			err = sizeof(u32);
 			*(u32 *)buffer = le32_to_cpu(ni->flags);