diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index eb3ac14ed466..4ba3f68a1766 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ smb2_reconnect(__le16 smb2_command, struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
 	case SMB2_CHANGE_NOTIFY:
 	case SMB2_QUERY_INFO:
 	case SMB2_SET_INFO:
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		rc = -EAGAIN;
 	}
 	unload_nls(nls_codepage);
 	return rc;