diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 34ffc125763f..3bb731b2156c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -10688,7 +10688,7 @@ int btrfs_init_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 
 	disk_super = fs_info->super_copy;
 	if (!btrfs_super_root(disk_super))
-		return 1;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	features = btrfs_super_incompat_flags(disk_super);
 	if (features & BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MIXED_GROUPS)