diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 8dededd80fe2..a0995eb2dc23 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ ext2_readdir (struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 				   "bad page in #%lu",
 				   inode->i_ino);
 			filp->f_pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
-			return -EIO;
+			return PTR_ERR(page);
 		}
 		kaddr = page_address(page);
 		if (unlikely(need_revalidate)) {