diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 2c369d4bb1c1..973b4471b532 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ static int smc_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		return rc;
 
 	if (optlen < sizeof(int))
-		return rc;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	get_user(val, (int __user *)optval);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);