diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/console.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/console.c
index f750b9cb0441..1456d2395cc9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/console.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/console.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ lstcon_group_info(char *name, lstcon_ndlist_ent_t __user *gents_p,
 
 	lstcon_group_decref(grp);
 
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int