diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 48657ddbd75e..0dfa832a3de0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -3944,7 +3944,7 @@ crypt_message(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, int num_rqst,
 	if (rc) {
 		cifs_server_dbg(VFS, "%s: Could not get %scryption key\n", __func__,
 			 enc ? "en" : "de");
-		return 0;
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 	rc = smb3_crypto_aead_allocate(server);