diff --git a/fs/afs/xattr.c b/fs/afs/xattr.c
index c81f85003fc7..b6c44e75b361 100644
--- a/fs/afs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/afs/xattr.c
@@ -71,11 +71,10 @@ static int afs_xattr_get_acl(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ret = acl->size;
 		if (size > 0) {
-			ret = -ERANGE;
-			if (acl->size > size)
-				return -ERANGE;
-			memcpy(buffer, acl->data, acl->size);
-			ret = acl->size;
+			if (acl->size <= size)
+				memcpy(buffer, acl->data, acl->size);
+			else
+				ret = -ERANGE;
 		}
 		kfree(acl);
 	}