diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw26.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw26.c
index a740c7a03db6..93411896aef0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw26.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/rw26.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ out:
 	}
 
 	cl_env_put(env, &refcheck);
-	return tot_bytes ? : result;
+	return tot_bytes ? tot_bytes : result;
 }
 
 /**