diff --git a/fs/mnt_idmapping.c b/fs/mnt_idmapping.c
index 64c5205e2b5e..3c60f1eaca61 100644
--- a/fs/mnt_idmapping.c
+++ b/fs/mnt_idmapping.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static int copy_mnt_idmap(struct uid_gid_map *map_from,
 	 * anything at all.
 	 */
 	if (nr_extents == 0)
-		return 0;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
 	 * Here we know that nr_extents is greater than zero which means