diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_ctldir.c b/module/zfs/zfs_ctldir.c
index 3ff2c101b6..98897fe6e0 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_ctldir.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_ctldir.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ zfsctl_snapdir_vget(struct super_block *sb, uint64_t objsetid, int gen,
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Trigger automount */
-	error = kern_path(mnt, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &path);
+	error = -kern_path(mnt, LOOKUP_FOLLOW|LOOKUP_DIRECTORY, &path);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;