diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index c5c75235c5b8..cd762648fa9a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3255,7 +3255,8 @@ static int decode_getacl(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct rpc_rqst *req,
 		if (attrlen <= *acl_len)
 			xdr_read_pages(xdr, attrlen);
 		*acl_len = attrlen;
-	}
+	} else
+		status = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 out:
 	return status;