diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
index 1e849428bbc8..1b8c89dbf668 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static noinline int ntfs_set_acl_ex(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 			err = posix_acl_update_mode(mnt_userns, inode, &mode,
 						    &acl);
 			if (err)
-				goto out;
+				return err;
 		}
 		name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
 		name_len = sizeof(XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS) - 1;