diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 1cd0e2eefc66..3925758f6dde 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -2597,7 +2597,7 @@ cifs_write_from_iter(loff_t offset, size_t len, struct iov_iter *from,
 		wdata->credits = credits;
 
 		if (!wdata->cfile->invalidHandle ||
-		    !cifs_reopen_file(wdata->cfile, false))
+		    !(rc = cifs_reopen_file(wdata->cfile, false)))
 			rc = server->ops->async_writev(wdata,
 					cifs_uncached_writedata_release);
 		if (rc) {
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@ cifs_send_async_read(loff_t offset, size_t len, struct cifsFileInfo *open_file,
 		rdata->credits = credits;
 
 		if (!rdata->cfile->invalidHandle ||
-		    !cifs_reopen_file(rdata->cfile, true))
+		    !(rc = cifs_reopen_file(rdata->cfile, true)))
 			rc = server->ops->async_readv(rdata);
 error:
 		if (rc) {
@@ -3577,7 +3577,7 @@ static int cifs_readpages(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		}
 
 		if (!rdata->cfile->invalidHandle ||
-		    !cifs_reopen_file(rdata->cfile, true))
+		    !(rc = cifs_reopen_file(rdata->cfile, true)))
 			rc = server->ops->async_readv(rdata);
 		if (rc) {
 			add_credits_and_wake_if(server, rdata->credits, 0);