diff --git a/module/zfs/zpl_xattr.c b/module/zfs/zpl_xattr.c
index a7e38e6a2de0..eb2c00dfb86f 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zpl_xattr.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zpl_xattr.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ __zpl_xattr_get(struct inode *ip, const char *name, void *value, size_t size,
 
 	if (zsb->z_use_sa && zp->z_is_sa) {
 		error = zpl_xattr_get_sa(ip, name, value, size);
-		if (error >= 0)
+		if (error != -ENOENT)
 			goto out;
 	}