diff --git a/fs/nfs/idmap.c b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
index 6703c73307a5..a850079467d8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
@@ -760,9 +760,8 @@ idmap_pipe_downcall(struct file *filp, const char __user *src, size_t mlen)
 	}
 
 	if (!(im.im_status & IDMAP_STATUS_SUCCESS)) {
-		ret = mlen;
-		complete_request_key(cons, -ENOKEY);
-		goto out_incomplete;
+		ret = -ENOKEY;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	namelen_in = strnlen(im.im_name, IDMAP_NAMESZ);
@@ -779,7 +778,6 @@ idmap_pipe_downcall(struct file *filp, const char __user *src, size_t mlen)
 
 out:
 	complete_request_key(cons, ret);
-out_incomplete:
 	return ret;
 }