diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 668268627894..9810babb1a3b 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, void *data, int data_is,
 	if (event)
 		fsnotify_put_event(event);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsnotify);