diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index e0e1956dcdd3..649b278d4c1f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ ext4_xattr_block_find(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_xattr_info *i,
 		bs->s.here = bs->s.first;
 		error = xattr_find_entry(inode, &bs->s.here, bs->s.end,
 					 i->name_index, i->name, 1);
-		if (error && error != -ENODATA)
+		if (error)
 			return error;
 		bs->s.not_found = error;
 	}