diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
index b6174288501112f4cef17b0d4349e88832da551a..0e5fa11e6b44c4fa114e5e48ef0408a4227a5c07 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static __be32 nfsacld_proc_getacl(struct svc_rqst * rqstp,
 
 	fh = fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
 	if ((nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, MAY_NOP)))
-		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr_inval);
+		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 
 	if (argp->mask & ~(NFS_ACL|NFS_ACLCNT|NFS_DFACL|NFS_DFACLCNT))
 		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr_inval);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
index 3e3f2de82c36bc4586789c79ca1a30aeb5272626..b647f2f872dcf60685bd03a1c5d3022b47bfb314 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static __be32 nfsd3_proc_getacl(struct svc_rqst * rqstp,
 
 	fh = fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
 	if ((nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, MAY_NOP)))
-		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr_inval);
+		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 
 	if (argp->mask & ~(NFS_ACL|NFS_ACLCNT|NFS_DFACL|NFS_DFACLCNT))
 		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr_inval);