diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
index ba053a4c124f191e752f0354aa49878641d2718c..b04c555121599132bb849a3b20c1f9d5be25d37b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ xfs_inobt_verify(
 	case cpu_to_be32(XFS_FIBT_MAGIC):
 		break;
 	default:
-		return NULL;
+		return __this_address;
 	}
 
 	/* level verification */