diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index e5657788feddfefaaed5f7ce3ce2ac26ca80a9c1..010a0083c0ae4cfa222e2d51f2e951893bac28c4 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1608,11 +1608,13 @@ static int cpuset_write_u64(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cftype *cft, u64 val)
 {
 	struct cpuset *cs = cgroup_cs(cgrp);
 	cpuset_filetype_t type = cft->private;
-	int retval = -ENODEV;
+	int retval = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
-	if (!is_cpuset_online(cs))
+	if (!is_cpuset_online(cs)) {
+		retval = -ENODEV;
 		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case FILE_CPU_EXCLUSIVE: