diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index a6c0f54c48c30f25315865f8080d412fb428c00a..80abba550bfa64d0aeb6b9a53ac0bcafc3c59449 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -524,8 +524,10 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto out_put_root;
 	if (!hfs_brec_read(&fd, &entry, sizeof(entry))) {
 		hfs_find_exit(&fd);
-		if (entry.type != cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FOLDER))
+		if (entry.type != cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FOLDER)) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto out_put_root;
+		}
 		inode = hfsplus_iget(sb, be32_to_cpu(entry.folder.id));
 		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(inode);