diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 15e1dfef56a5915a5979c3b74c513a714cc310c6..60f83a3bd77caf03281a0974e9a728e12a99fc87 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 		name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT;
 		break;
 	default:
-		BUG();
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
 	size = btrfs_getxattr(inode, name, "", 0);