diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index d744fde41680..db68ed59b4b2 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (!hfs_brec_read(&fd, &entry, sizeof(entry))) {
 		hfs_find_exit(&fd);
 		if (entry.type != cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FOLDER)) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
+			err = -EIO;
 			goto out_put_root;
 		}
 		inode = hfsplus_iget(sb, be32_to_cpu(entry.folder.id));