diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 15e1dfef56a59..60f83a3bd77ca 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 		name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT;
 		break;
 	default:
-		BUG();
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
 	size = btrfs_getxattr(inode, name, "", 0);