diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 8121e75352ee..3b7591224f4a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ xfs_iozero(
 		status = 0;
 	} while (count);
 
-	return (-status);
+	return status;
 }
 
 int