diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 58f692b568b247ea8ff7e7e9db9bc2cd8064af50..d2b4145cb34e0a2394b6731008eb37ad3712c2f4 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1726,8 +1726,10 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_commit_atomic_write(struct file *filp)
 
 	down_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->dio_rwsem[WRITE]);
 
-	if (f2fs_is_volatile_file(inode))
+	if (f2fs_is_volatile_file(inode)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_out;
+	}
 
 	if (f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode)) {
 		ret = commit_inmem_pages(inode);