diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 29ef78ae9f50..c56aad307069 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -141,11 +141,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uselib, const char __user *, library)
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
 		goto out;
 
-	error = -EINVAL;
+	error = -EACCES;
 	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
 		goto exit;
 
-	error = -EACCES;
 	if (path_noexec(&file->f_path))
 		goto exit;