diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index e4bcb2cf055a1dc8f81df7cbb38e8cdab4add0b0..bfd95bf38005cba25bc5cece73555701b25c76f2 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ static int pstore_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	if (p->psi->erase)
 		p->psi->erase(p->type, p->id, p->count,
 			      dentry->d_inode->i_ctime, p->psi);
+	else
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	return simple_unlink(dir, dentry);
 }