diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index dd21784525a8096ef76f6d6cd14c80a319918839..d44d92cd12b17c7645156b4754c39ea29b5b10e5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ xfs_vn_mknod(
 	if (IS_POSIXACL(dir)) {
 		default_acl = xfs_get_acl(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
 		if (IS_ERR(default_acl))
-			return -PTR_ERR(default_acl);
+			return PTR_ERR(default_acl);
 
 		if (!default_acl)
 			mode &= ~current_umask();