diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
index 7dab9c04ad52..53cf2aabce87 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_unicode.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ cifsConvertToUTF16(__le16 *target, const char *source, int srclen,
 	}
 
 ctoUTF16_out:
-	return i;
+	return j;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_SMB2