diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c
index baaeaa85a7f4..0ad496ceb638 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ static int find_rsb_dir(struct dlm_ls *ls, const void *name, int len,
 	read_lock_bh(&ls->ls_rsbtbl_lock);
 	if (!rsb_flag(r, RSB_HASHED)) {
 		read_unlock_bh(&ls->ls_rsbtbl_lock);
+		error = -EBADR;
 		goto do_new;
 	}