diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 0b18776b075e44fb7f7d818183fa03dcfc7b3f4d..2d8f4fdf07f9b3b595a443e1258c18b98972aa75 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -543,10 +543,11 @@ xfs_attrmulti_by_handle(
 
 	ops = memdup_user(am_hreq.ops, size);
 	if (IS_ERR(ops)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(ops);
+		error = -PTR_ERR(ops);
 		goto out_dput;
 	}
 
+	error = ENOMEM;
 	attr_name = kmalloc(MAXNAMELEN, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!attr_name)
 		goto out_kfree_ops;
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ xfs_attrmulti_by_handle(
 		ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user((char *)attr_name,
 				ops[i].am_attrname, MAXNAMELEN);
 		if (ops[i].am_error == 0 || ops[i].am_error == MAXNAMELEN)
-			error = -ERANGE;
+			error = ERANGE;
 		if (ops[i].am_error < 0)
 			break;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
index a7992f8de9d3fa53a63ab2d3250f0c4933caded9..944d5baa710a39da9aa1d6a82a27013c15813d64 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
@@ -424,10 +424,11 @@ xfs_compat_attrmulti_by_handle(
 
 	ops = memdup_user(compat_ptr(am_hreq.ops), size);
 	if (IS_ERR(ops)) {
-		error = PTR_ERR(ops);
+		error = -PTR_ERR(ops);
 		goto out_dput;
 	}
 
+	error = ENOMEM;
 	attr_name = kmalloc(MAXNAMELEN, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!attr_name)
 		goto out_kfree_ops;
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ xfs_compat_attrmulti_by_handle(
 				compat_ptr(ops[i].am_attrname),
 				MAXNAMELEN);
 		if (ops[i].am_error == 0 || ops[i].am_error == MAXNAMELEN)
-			error = -ERANGE;
+			error = ERANGE;
 		if (ops[i].am_error < 0)
 			break;