diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 0cf52da9d2468a547a614f55cf0191a396f82574..ebdb88840a47817b5704df2aaa0fefb8b11fd96e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ xfs_readlink(
 			 __func__, (unsigned long long) ip->i_ino,
 			 (long long) pathlen);
 		ASSERT(0);
-		return XFS_ERROR(EFSCORRUPTED);
+		error = XFS_ERROR(EFSCORRUPTED);
+		goto out;
 	}