diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 0ba9ea1e7961f8fa9f357853763f2514aa21a1b9..2e3ea308c14430640fe3a28f35d5149fc3d7cdf0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -7189,7 +7189,7 @@ int ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(struct inode *dir,
 	struct buffer_head *dir_bh = NULL;
 
 	ret = ocfs2_init_security_get(inode, dir, qstr, NULL);
-	if (!ret) {
+	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto leave;
 	}