diff --git a/net/rxrpc/key.c b/net/rxrpc/key.c
index 85a9ff8cd236..2b26c4d229a5 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/key.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/key.c
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ static long rxrpc_read(const struct key *key,
 		default: /* we have a ticket we can't encode */
 			pr_err("Unsupported key token type (%u)\n",
 			       token->security_index);
-			continue;
+			return -ENOPKG;
 		}
 
 		_debug("token[%u]: toksize=%u", ntoks, toksize);
@@ -1225,7 +1225,9 @@ static long rxrpc_read(const struct key *key,
 			break;
 
 		default:
-			break;
+			pr_err("Unsupported key token type (%u)\n",
+			       token->security_index);
+			return -ENOPKG;
 		}
 
 		ASSERTCMP((unsigned long)xdr - (unsigned long)oldxdr, ==,