diff --git a/fs/ceph/locks.c b/fs/ceph/locks.c
index 544e9e85b120..d93515c2fa56 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/locks.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/locks.c
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ static int ceph_lock_wait_for_completion(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 	if (err && err != -ERESTARTSYS)
 		return err;
 
-	wait_for_completion_killable(&req->r_safe_completion);
+	err = wait_for_completion_killable(&req->r_safe_completion);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	return 0;
 }