diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h
index dd4824589470..234331227c0c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ typedef struct attrlist_cursor_kern {
  *========================================================================*/
 
 
+/* Return 0 on success, or -errno; other state communicated via *context */
 typedef int (*put_listent_func_t)(struct xfs_attr_list_context *, int,
 			      unsigned char *, int, int, unsigned char *);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
index 4fa14820e2e2..c8be331a3196 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
@@ -108,16 +108,14 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_list(xfs_attr_list_context_t *context)
 					   (int)sfe->namelen,
 					   (int)sfe->valuelen,
 					   &sfe->nameval[sfe->namelen]);
-
+			if (error)
+				return error;
 			/*
 			 * Either search callback finished early or
 			 * didn't fit it all in the buffer after all.
 			 */
 			if (context->seen_enough)
 				break;
-
-			if (error)
-				return error;
 			sfe = XFS_ATTR_SF_NEXTENTRY(sfe);
 		}
 		trace_xfs_attr_list_sf_all(context);
@@ -581,7 +579,7 @@ xfs_attr_put_listent(
 		trace_xfs_attr_list_full(context);
 		alist->al_more = 1;
 		context->seen_enough = 1;
-		return 1;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	aep = (attrlist_ent_t *)&context->alist[context->firstu];
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
index 110f1d7d86b0..f2201299311f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ __xfs_xattr_put_listent(
 	arraytop = context->count + prefix_len + namelen + 1;
 	if (arraytop > context->firstu) {
 		context->count = -1;	/* insufficient space */
-		return 1;
+		return 0;
 	}
 	offset = (char *)context->alist + context->count;
 	strncpy(offset, prefix, prefix_len);
@@ -221,11 +221,15 @@ xfs_xattr_put_listent(
 }
 
 ssize_t
-xfs_vn_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *data, size_t size)
+xfs_vn_listxattr(
+	struct dentry	*dentry,
+	char		*data,
+	size_t		size)
 {
 	struct xfs_attr_list_context context;
 	struct attrlist_cursor_kern cursor = { 0 };
-	struct inode		*inode = d_inode(dentry);
+	struct inode	*inode = d_inode(dentry);
+	int		error;
 
 	/*
 	 * First read the regular on-disk attributes.
@@ -239,7 +243,9 @@ xfs_vn_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *data, size_t size)
 	context.firstu = context.bufsize;
 	context.put_listent = xfs_xattr_put_listent;
 
-	xfs_attr_list_int(&context);
+	error = xfs_attr_list_int(&context);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
 	if (context.count < 0)
 		return -ERANGE;