diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 19d8e04e16884c2bfb860fe2f72715306753ea15..e8c619d39291b4c18b028224299d882dbf56aa16 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -2056,7 +2056,7 @@ static inline int security_old_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
 						   char **name, void **value,
 						   size_t *len)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
 static inline int security_inode_create(struct inode *dir,
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 0c6cc69c8f86d68fb24f1b954c64370e8da88c4a..e2f684aeb70c152a61038c0d2d19525774144d59 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ int security_old_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
 				     void **value, size_t *len)
 {
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(inode)))
-		return 0;
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	return security_ops->inode_init_security(inode, dir, qstr, name, value,
 						 len);
 }