diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_file.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_file.c
index ea6993ffa4..d042783da1 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_file.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_file.c
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ __zpl_ioctl_setflags(struct inode *ip, uint32_t ioctl_flags, xvattr_t *xva)
 	if ((fchange(ioctl_flags, zfs_flags, FS_IMMUTABLE_FL, ZFS_IMMUTABLE) ||
 	    fchange(ioctl_flags, zfs_flags, FS_APPEND_FL, ZFS_APPENDONLY)) &&
 	    !capable(CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE))
-		return (-EACCES);
+		return (-EPERM);
 
 	if (!zpl_inode_owner_or_capable(kcred->user_ns, ip))
 		return (-EACCES);