diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index b06b54f1bbbbda611e39252d2df5a86b6afaa3c8..4c39009350f3e59529363108800c003de2e2d2d0 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ find_exported_dentry(struct super_block *sb, void *obj, void *parent,
 		if (acceptable(context, result))
 			return result;
 		if (S_ISDIR(result->d_inode->i_mode)) {
-			/* there is no other dentry, so fail */
+			err = -EACCES;
 			goto err_result;
 		}