diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 97448a46a4dc..e23fea40767e 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3120,12 +3120,9 @@ static int shmem_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *s
 
 	error = security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, &dentry->d_name,
 					     shmem_initxattrs, NULL);
-	if (error) {
-		if (error != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
-			iput(inode);
-			return error;
-		}
-		error = 0;
+	if (error && error != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
+		iput(inode);
+		return error;
 	}
 
 	inode->i_size = len-1;