diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 9c8e1734429c..d34e54d80149 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -4381,7 +4381,7 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_scrub(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 			      &sa->progress, sa->flags & BTRFS_SCRUB_READONLY,
 			      0);
 
-	if (copy_to_user(arg, sa, sizeof(*sa)))
+	if (ret == 0 && copy_to_user(arg, sa, sizeof(*sa)))
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 
 	if (!(sa->flags & BTRFS_SCRUB_READONLY))